Spaces like these survive on the will of whoever built it, and when that person is gone, the walls stay up, but something ...

We police screen time for kids. What of the elderly spending their last years on a couch, watching TV until there's nothing ...

RICE has always been that platform for the culturally curious in Singapore. In 2026, in our new chapter, we want to go ...

Singaporean stories of human interest that make you think, engage and empathise.

In December last year, I was returning home from Yio Chu Kang swimming pool when I saw something which took my breath away: a brand new covered walkway. Not any regular ol’ covered walkway, but a ...

Renée Ting was barely 19 years old in 2011 when she first got the call telling her that she was hired at BooksActually. To the quiet teenager, the bookstore was her escape from the volatility of home.

This is the first piece in a series on Jalan Kukoh’s rental housing situation. Through an exploration of people and public policy, the series attempts to help us understand how the poor in Singapore ...

Chester didn’t grow up with much. But he remembers the community groups that stepped in to support his family with no ...

When does adulthood really begin? RICE gathers Singaporean youths to share the moments—financial pressure, family responsibilities, personal relationships—that made them realise they were officially ...

In ‘Singaporeans Abroad’, we share the stories of locals who—thanks to living in a globalised world—have found success in different corners of the globe, whether financially, romantically, or for the ...

It is Sunday at Tanjong Katong. The air smells of rain and it rings with the bluster of cars surging through narrow roads. Coffee shops are aplenty in this colourful neighbourhood, where the remnants ...