Starting out on the then underground radio station Kiss FM in the UK, Judge Jules has moved onto a far more global stage.

A slice of New Orleans music in the form of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band kick starts Timbre’s concert series and reminds us why that city and its sounds are so iconic.

With Mother’s Day around the corner, here are some gadgets for girls to go all gooey over.

We took the opportunity to ask director Zana Briski more about her thought-provoking and Oscar-winning documentary Born Into Brothels.

There’s more to chinois chic than the recent Speak Mandarin campaign. We asked an Ah Beng and Ah Lian respectively about what’s the latest and hippest in Cina culture—from makan places to Canto concerts, from music VCDs to KTV lounges, from gaudy fashion to snooker parlors. Chiong ah! By Ah Beng and Ah Lian, with a little help from Daniel Tan and Terry Ong.

Neapolitan Micky Galliano has come a long way since being brought up on a diet of disco and funk. Now churning out his own unique deep house beats on the decks of renowned London club Vertigo, we chat to Micky Guy about wearing wigs and crazy Italians.

We have a serious tete-a-tete with Japan’s best international DJ.

Bring a slice of Mother Nature home with these funky eco-style furnishings.

Jazz By the Beach is back to add some groovy music to the sounds of those ocean waves.

Tan Kheng Hua plays Elvira in the Noel Coward play Blithe Spirit and tells us what it is like being dead.