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20 August 2026
Marching Through History: 100 Years of the Singapore Police Force Band
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Arts
History
The desire of the municipal authorities to have a band perform at publicly funded outreach events was the original impetus for what would become the Singapore Police Force Band.
Article
19 August 2026
Kaya: More Than a Spread on Toast
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Food
The sweet custard known as kaya actually belongs to a family of egg-based coconut milk confections called serikaya in Malay.
Video
19 August 2026
Serikaya: Family of Kaya-based Confections
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Food
What is commonly referred to as "kaya" belongs to a wider Malay repertoire of egg-based coconut confections known as serikaya. Award-winning writer and food historian Khir Johari tells the origins and meaning of serikaya, its common misconceptions and the different food he can concoct from the classic combination of eggs, sugar and coconut milk.
Podcast
12 August 2026
A Layered Stewed Sweetness: Jackfruit Payasam Made Local
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Food
Cookbook author and former restaurateur Dhershini Winodan tells us how she has adapted jackfruit payasam, a common Malayalee dessert, by using local elements like gula melaka. She also talks about growing up in the Telecoms quarters in Yio Chu Kang and how the Malayalee community in Singapore has changed over time.
Podcast
12 August 2026
Not a Jam: Jackfruit Payasam
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Food
Got some jackfruit to spare? Turn it into a delicious, creamy dessert that can be served hot or cold.
Video
7 August 2026
New Books on Singapore History (October 2026)
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Collection Highlights
Check out the new books in National Library Singapore.
Article
5 August 2026
The Crisped, the Baked, the Spiralled: Curry Puffs and Their History
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Food
Award-winning writer Christopher Tan talks about how the Indian samosa led to the curry puffs we know today, as well as the different types of curry puffs – baked, spiralled, made with mutton fat, and with fillings like otak-otak and taro.
Podcast
5 August 2026
The Curious Case of Curry Puffs
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Food
Before expensive imported butter became widely available, curry puffs were typically made with animal fat.
Video
29 July 2026
Interpreting the Turk: Everyday Encounters and Urban Memory in Colonial Singapore
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Culture
History
During the 19th and 20th centuries, Turkish imagery appeared in a variety of popular media in Singapore, reflecting the fascination with the Ottoman Empire and Turkish world, as well as the island’s status as a cosmopolitan port city.
Article
29 July 2026
Abacus Seeds: A Hakka Classic
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Food
Hakka dishes like thunder tea rice, yong tau foo and salt-baked chicken are familiar to most, but what about abacus seeds?
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