[SINGAPORE] Art and thrift market Mercury Festival returned for its ninth edition two weeks ago. If you were at Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre that weekend, you couldn’t have missed it.

[SINGAPORE] Singaporeans, known for being self-proclaimed foodies, have been talking about a different kind of hunger these days. 

[SINGAPORE] I first got to know of the local bag brand Juno Jane when one of the co-founders reached out via e-mail.

[SINGAPORE] In 2023, 22-year-old H Wong was relocated to her company’s New York office, excited to grow her career in a new city. 

[SINGAPORE] Mitra Sachi doesn’t always pitch his proposals in the boardroom. Neither does he have to schedule formal sit-down meetings at work.

[SINGAPORE] When Waterloo Coffee first opened out of an 11th-floor flat in Waterloo Centre last April, owner Uzma Mueez had just decided to leave corporate work and start a business of her own.

[SINGAPORE] Back in 2025, I remember excitedly announcing in a group chat: “I got a job offer!” 

[SINGAPORE] Fresh out of university, Sheng, 26, was ready to take on the working world. The corporate sector awarded him 13-hour working days.

[SINGAPORE] Shayndel Goo, 25, has made Glasgow her home for the past six years. A proud graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, she now runs a private studio where she teaches piano.