Big on experiential grooming

GET a haircut and buy a potted plant. Have your beard trimmed in the hallowed halls of an Ottoman Palace (with a bit of imagination). Or have a facial in a friend's cosy living room and linger for tea - except it's not your friend's home. In a retail and service landscape where the experience counts almost as much as the actual service or product being bought, local beauty and grooming brands such as Sultans of Shave and Kew Organics are putting more money into creative interiors that are Instagram and people-friendly. In tomorrow's BTLifestyle, find out where you can be groomed in style.

If literary pursuits are more up your street, Singapore Writers Festival's first ever virtual event gives you access to top names for the price of a S$20 ticket. There'll be live talks by Booker Prize nominee Zadie Smith, science fiction superstar Liu Cixin, acclaimed cartoonist Art Spiegelman and Pulitzer-winning poets Sharon Olds and Tracy K Smith, to name a few.

Elsewhere, celebrate design with the Red Dot awards, which count seven winners from Singapore this year. We also visit new Chinese restaurant Tang Lung, for a taste of creations such as salted egg siew mai and flower crab steamed in Shaoxing wine.