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The Parkroyal Collection underwent a $47 million renovation with wildly theatrical results.

Singapore’s best places to stay

Singapore is full of high-rise business hotels but there are also tropical resorts, budget busters and boutique options.

  • Paul Chai and Evelyn Chen

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One of the two Colonial Manors at Capella Singapore Sentosa.

This is where Taylor Swift stayed in Singapore, and it just got better

These luxury manors were already good enough for the pop star, but an Australian has helped take them to the next level.

  • Craig Platt
Composite index of British nurse Megan Hamill, for a story on new fast-track pathway for nurses from Ireland, the UK, United States, Singapore, Spain, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario

Megan found an ideal mix of money and lifestyle. Many more will be following her

Megan Hamill moved to Australia chasing sunshine and better wages. Thousands of other nurses like her will soon be fast-tracked to address workforce shortages.

  • Angus Thomson

Three of the world’s most impressive hotel atriums are in the same city

Singapore’s dizzying architectural masterpieces have their origins with a style that sprung into being in America during the 1960s and ’70s.

  • Penny Watson
The economy class cabin on a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER.

You won’t get any arguments about reclining in this economy seat

Flying overnight from Singapore is always a difficult trip, but I’m in one of the best economy seats you’ll find without paying for extra legroom.

  • Craig Platt
QT Singapore’s pool, on the rooftop of the nearly century-old building.

The verdict on edgy Australian hotel brand’s first Asian property

Housed in a handsome heritage building in Singapore’s financial district, QT Singapore is a dazzling showcase of the brand’s trademark styling.

  • Rob McFarland
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Kawita Vatanyankur, Knit (from the ‘Performing Textiles’ series), 2018.

11 artists you must see in the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial

From an AI nightmare come to life to wall of metal skulls, here are the must-see highlights of QAGOMA’s huge summer exhibition.

  • Nick Dent
Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher.

ACU is an educational institution, not a church

Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher’s attempt to theocratise the Australian Catholic University must fail.

Sungei Road Laksa.

Insider’s tips: The best places to eat and drink in Singapore

While the city’s modern-day appeal owes plenty to its rich immigrant past, nowhere is this more evident than in its cuisine.

  • Evelyn Chen
Barrister Joseph Thesiera and Lex Lasry become emotional as they read through some of the material from a box of executed Australian man Nguyen Tuong Van in 2005.

In 2005, an Australian citizen was hanged in Singapore. It could happen again

I fought for Van Nguyen 19 years ago. Despite a worldwide trend away from the death penalty for drugs, Singapore continues to execute people – including four in the past month.

  • Lex Lasry

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