Tag: singapore
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WWWarisan #8 is out
Just a quick post to let you know that the 8th edition of my heritage newsletter, WWWarisan, is now out. You can read the newsletter online here. If you enjoyed reading the letter and want monthly heritage headlines delivered straight to you inbox, do consider subscribing – which you can do here.
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Shared heritage, shared resources
Our lab’s research on stained glass in Singapore has been featured in KU Leuven’s Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture and Society (KADOC) newsletter. As the article notes, these windows are an ‘example of shared heritage’. Design drawings and cartoons in the KADOC archive allowed us to confirm the authorship of a number of…
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Getting around in Penang; hearth and home in Singapore
I’ve been meaning to write something about Penang’s Transport Master Plan, which is an ambitious but (I think) highly-flawed document. That piece is still in the works as I read up more about the plan, but in the meantime, the new Penang Monthly has hit the shelves. My byline appears twice in this issue. The…
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Bricks and mortals: two kinds of heritage, the same sad outcome
The demolition of Runnymede House and eviction of Kampung Siam are two tragedies that tell a similar story.
Dr Soon-Tzu Speechley 