Reviews Yogi’s Verdict: Stasi Museum 10 Nov 201910 Nov 2019 Thirty years have passed since the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989. Germany, which had been divided into the communist East and the capitalist West peacefully reunited a year later.…
Announcements My weekly newsletter returns! 3 Nov 2019 With 56 issues published so far, I took a break in late September for both personal and professional reasons. While I greatly enjoyed curating each week's issue, it also took…
Announcements Newsletter On Hiatus + Reader’s Survey 22 Sep 20192 Nov 2019 Dear Red Dot Digest reader, I started the Red Dot Digest with one goal in mind: to show that history (especially Singapore history) is not boring. Since July 2018, I have…
Travels Hong Kong 2019 7 Sep 2019 I travelled to Hong Kong from 29 to 31st August 2019 to attend the Global City Roundtable at the Education University of Hong Kong. It was my first time visiting…
Book of the Month Book of the Month: Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster 4 Aug 20195 Aug 2019 This book is a gripping account of the world's worst nuclear accident which occurred on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Ukrainian town of…
Book of the Month Book of the Month: To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew’s Prison 6 Jul 20197 Jul 2019 This book is a personal account by former Solicitor-General, Law Society President and opposition politician Francis Seow of the circumstances of his arrest, detention, interrogation and prosecution by Singapore authorities…
Uncategorized Exclusive interview with Jalan Singapura author Eisen Teo 6 Jul 2019 1. What prompted you to explore this aspect of Singapore history and write a book? I started on Jalan Singapura eight years ago because I wanted to contribute something to the discipline…
Uncategorized India 2019 19 Apr 201920 Apr 2019 India. A land of rich history and culture but also home to terrible poverty and squalor. I had hesitated for years to visit the land of my ancestors, repulsed by…
TODAYonline Reply from NEA: Dual chutes, online resources for households to boost recycling efforts 19 Dec 201719 Dec 2017 We refer to Mr Dhevarajan Devadas’ letter, “S’pore needs to do more to increase recycling rate of domestic waste” (Dec 10). We agree with Mr Devadas that Singaporeans should sort…
TODAYonline S’pore needs to do more to increase recycling rate of domestic waste 10 Dec 201717 Mar 2018 By Dhevarajan Devadas I join many readers to thank the refuse collectors who play such an important role in handling Singapore’s waste disposal (“Dirty job, but these garbage collectors refuse…
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