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    Americana in a Bun

    17 August 2025

    Jer Hayes — Excerpt: There was a time when the golden arches stood for more than a cheap meal, especially outside the United States.

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  • Culture - Film/TV - Weekly Features

    “Thank you, Prue”

    13 July 2025

    Dustin Vann — Excerpt: Much of that fascination is thanks to her portrayer, the late Shannen Doherty, who imbued Prue with her own unflinching confidence, courage, and vulnerability.

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  • Culture - Humour - Weekly Features

    The Clocks

    29 June 2025

    Maureen Tai — Excerpt: As I wandered from room to room, I noticed that each clock, housed in a separate room, showed a time of just before or just after 5 o’clock.

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  • Culture - Humour - Society - Weekly Features

    January

    22 June 2025

    Bidisha Satpathy — Excerpt: In the mirror, I look like I did in December, with an addition of about seven greying hair.

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  • Culture - Food - Society - Weekly Features

    On Coffee and Usefulness

    8 June 2025

    Gary Finnegan — Excerpt: While every other aspiring sophisticate was splashing water into brown dust, we knew a better way.

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Pavle Radonić has an illuminating spiritual encounter in Singapore, and Paromita Patranobish pens a cultural critique of the ghosts of Bengal.

Lord Shiva in Singapore by Pavle Radonić

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