Singapore history

Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts 2025

Agam Theatre Lab’s Mission Malligapoo promises scale and spectacle in World War II tale

cxagam - Co-directors of Mission Malligapoo Karthikeyan Somasundaram and Subramanian Ganesh.
PHOTO: AGAM THEATRE LAB

38 Oxley Road site has ‘strong national significance’ and great historic merit, says advisory board

The basement dining room at 38 Oxley Road. This was where the founding members of the People's Action Party (PAP) discussed setting up a new party.

All options to be considered for 38 Oxley Road; site to be converted into public space if acquired

If a preservation order is made, the Government plans to acquire the site to safeguard and preserve it.

NUS emeritus professor and renowned archaeologist John Miksic dies at 79

Professor John N. Miksic of the National University of Singapore (NUS) was honoured for his book, Singapore And The Silk Road Of The Sea, 1300-1800, which uses archaeological evidence to examine the island’s pre-colonial history in the larger Asian context. His work refutes the common misconception that Singapore’s history started with the landing of Sir Stamford Raffles.

From penury to the presidency: New biography retells the journey of former president Wee Kim Wee

The earliest known portrait of Dr Wee Kim Wee (left). A recently published biography by Cheong Suk-Wai now seeks to make the man many fondly remembered.

New Founders’ Memorial exhibition spotlights multiculturalism in Singapore

A short film by local animation studio Finding Pictures that recalls the People’s Cultural Concerts that were staged in from 1959 to the early 1960s.

All-female, butterfly-tattooed S’pore gang inspired writer Wen-yi Lee’s fantasy novel

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Wen-Yi Lee, author of When They Burned the Butterfly, a 2025 historical fantasy novel set in postcolonial Singapore in 1972, pictured Sep 25, 2025. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

Birthplace of 1.2m babies: Former Kandang Kerbau Hospital gazetted as national monument

The former Kandang Kerbau Hospital has a history that dates back to 1858.

More than a convenience store: Disappearing mamak shops

Singapore author Ng Yi-Sheng’s Utama casts legendary prince Sang Nila Utama in a brilliant, complicated light

Singaporean writer Ng Yi-Sheng's Utama (2025) tells the story of Singapore founder Sang Nila Utama through the dispossessed.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.