Why we are building 1880

When I was about 12 years old my parents started something, quite accidentally, that became an important institution in Canada.

On Wednesday evenings my Mum and Dad would invite people to join us around the dinner table. The conversation would flow seamlessly…

Reversing The Gaze

by Abigail Han

“From the beginning of Western speculation about the Orient, the one thing the orient could not do was to represent itself. Evidence of the Orient was credible only after it had passed through and been made firm by the refining fire of the Orientalist’s…

Has the digital revolution democratised content production?

December 7th, 2017
1880 Salon Night #2

“My job is not to make up anybody’s mind but to make the agony of decision making so intense that you can escape only by thinking.” —…

Will the next Prime Minister please kee chiu?

October 30th, 2017

The Foreign Correspondents Association lunch forum with Minister Chan Chun Sing proved to be thought-provoking in rounding up the final week of October.

Surprised by Wine and Cheese

November 5th 2017
Sunday

You should be (co)working

The best thing to happen to the modern workplace since the Internet.

Capitalising On the North

The only rule we have is that when someone is speaking, everyone else listens.