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Banking on Wine and Roses, Feature

Banking on Wine and Roses, Feature

Grant Ashton – 67 Pall Mall IN ANOTHER LIFE, Grant Ashton was a city trader for 30 years, notably with the British financial institution Barclays, running the floor in the City and Canary Wharf. He also…

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No-frills Wills: British royals take commercial flight to see queen

No-frills Wills: British royals take commercial flight to see queen

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William has taken a commercial no-frills flight to visit his grandmother Queen Elizabeth, winning plaudits and favorable comparisons to his brother Harry after the younger sibling was criticized for using…

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Fresh Voice

Fresh Voice

For more than a decade, Checkpoint Theatre has successfully nurtured many young playwrights. It launched the careers of Joel Tan, Faith Ng and Lucas Ho, among others, and staged important new works. Source link

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Fun or folly? Another English cathedral installs a fairground attraction

Fun or folly? Another English cathedral installs a fairground attraction

LONDON (Reuters) – When Bishop Herbert started building a new cathedral in the English city of Norwich in 1096, it was unlikely he ever envisaged it would play host to a 50-foot helter skelter. Helter…

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F1 Headliners

F1 Headliners

The Singapore Grand Prix is less than a month away and the entertainment has just gotten bigger. Source link

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Still feelin’ groovy: Woodstock photo couple together after all these years

Still feelin’ groovy: Woodstock photo couple together after all these years

BETHEL, N.Y. (Reuters) – Fifty years ago, Nick and Bobbi Ercoline were just another young couple camped out at the Woodstock festival. But when a photographer snapped their picture early on that Sunday morning as…

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English Garden, Food & Drink

English Garden, Food & Drink

If it seems like only the British like hot weather, then Jaan by Kirk Westaway is certainly revelling in it as its titular chef fills his Michelin-starred dining tables with bountiful English summer produce in…

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How ‘Woodstock’ movie shaped festival’s place in counterculture

How ‘Woodstock’ movie shaped festival’s place in counterculture

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Wadleigh never played a note and is not a household name, but he may be the person most responsible for securing Woodstock’s place in history as the epitome of Sixties…

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Behind The Curtain, Arts – THE BUSINESS TIMES

Behind The Curtain, Arts – THE BUSINESS TIMES

A 2018 nominee for President’s Young Talents award, Hilmi Johandi is a rising artist whose beautiful canvases often question the reality behind Singapore’s facades. While his early paintings probe the country’s history by mixing images…

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Statue of ‘comfort women’ pulled from Japan exhibit finds new home

Statue of ‘comfort women’ pulled from Japan exhibit finds new home

MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish businessman has bought a statue symbolizing women forced to work in Japanese military brothels which was removed from an exhibition in Japan after organizers received threats over the piece. Photo…

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