Brutalist architecture rose to prominence in the 1950s as the trending post-war aesthetic. Read more at straitstimes.com.

This landmark documentary film by Paul Elston tells the incredible story of how it was the British who gave the Japanese the knowhow to take out Pearl Harbor and capture Singapore in the World War ...

After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance ...

The failure of the British to defend Singapore during the war destroyed their reputation as infallible rulers. Making it worse were appalling living conditions in Singapore. What was it like then ...