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Daily Cuts - Beyoncé and her legacy set to be the subject of a new university course

Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course at Yale University in 2025. The class will focus on how the multi-hyphenated artist has generated awareness and engagement in social and political ideologies. She is not the first performer to be the subject of a college-level course, with the recent one being Taylor Swift. Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng speak to Jem Aswad, Executive Music Editor, Variety, to find out if the study of entertainment icons as a subject of academia is an emerging trend.

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Daily Cuts - Breaking barriers with chess

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Dr Hsu Li Yang, President, Singapore Chess Federation, about how chess could break barriers for differently-abled persons, especially children.

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Daily Cuts - Singapore's labour force participation rate dips a 3rd straight year

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Dr Sherwin Ignatius Chia, Senior Lecturer, Head of Human Resource Management Programme, SUSS, about what could be needed to reverse Singapore's falling labour force participation rate.

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Daily Cuts - What’s in store for this year’s Anime Festival Asia Singapore

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks to Shawn Chin, managing director of Anime Festival Asia Singapore 2024 (AFASG24). Chin highlights the exclusive merch, concerts, gaming zones, premiere screenings, meet-and-greet sessions and new collaborations that people can look forward to. AFASG24 will cover all festival halls on level 4 at Suntec City Convention Centre.

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Daily Cuts - A Sweet Christmas: Singapore’s largest ever ice cream-inspired igloo

In ‘Destination Anywhere’ Melanie Oliveiro speaks to Colin Chung, general manager at the Museum of Ice Cream. Chung tells us where families can go to take pictures of Singapore’s largest ice cream-inspired igloo. A yuletide partnership between Plaza Singapura and the Museum of Ice Cream, this pink-themed pop-up boasts Christmas festivities, workshops, new ice cream flavours and Instagrammable moments to be had. 

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Daily Cuts - The Secret Sauce with Chope

We give you a wrap of all the 'must-try' dining options for November with Dinesh Balasingam, Chief Business Officer at Chope. He also shares more about the secret sauce of Diner's Choice. 

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