Poet, troubadour, prima donna and one of our most acclaimed contemporary musicians, Rufus Wainwright is a class act of his own. Having grown up in a family of musicians (he is the son of folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, while sister Martha is an equally regarded singer-songwriter), the 39-year-old has gone on to release 10 critically-acclaimed albums, written an opera set to Shakespearean text directed by the legendary Robert Wilson, and will be in town for the upcoming Timbre Rock & Roots 2013.

The managing director of event owner Spectrum Worldwide and organizer of the OCBC Cycle Singapore 2013 Chris Robb, talks about the growth in our cycling scene and how Singaporeans need to make the best of what we have.

After a long hiatus, indie rock band Bloc Party is back with a new album FOUR. The lead guitarist Russell Lissack talks about where they’ll go from here.

Jake Needham is an American crime novelist living in Asia—currently Thailand, to be precise—who recently offered free ebook copies of his second Inspector Tay novel The Umbrella Man to anyone in Singapore who asked. I-S gets the man, frustrated that his book won't be published in Singapore, to talk about why he thinks this has happened; and the spooky parallels between his work and an ongoing investigation by the Singapore police.

Named after the infamous rock song by Nine Inch Nails, Australian artist Ben Frost’s clever juxtapositions of pop imageries against found objects like French fries and pharmaceutical packages explore modern society’s obsessions with consumerism. He shares his views on the state of the world.

In 2010, Singapore’s most famous art collective PHUNK collaborated with Japanese art legend Keiichi Tanaami for Eccentric City, which took place at both the Institute of Contemporary Art and SAM at 8Q. The group’s Alvin Tan fondly recalls the momentous project.

The editor of leading local Japanese lifestyle magazines WAttention and Mangosteen Club, AyakoFuruya Sogo, shares his insights into the Japanese community in Singapore.

The owner of Generation Green an urban farm business with land at Neo Tiew in Kranji talks about his motivations for growing pesticide-free produce.

The general manager of Nothing But Green, an organic, eco-friendly and locally-grown specialty food store, talks about the green-eating trend and how people can improve their eating habits.

With his controversial film Sex.Violence.FamilyValues recently approved for release by the MDA, the talented filmmaker opens up to Terry Ong.