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When you’re reading this, the December holidays will be over and it is back to business as usual as we open the chapter of a new year. And while we patiently countdown to our next vacation abroad, we can relive some of the memories by indulging in the tastes and food cultures of the places we have visited. Here, we’re spotlighting less common European cuisines that can be found in Singapore.

There’s something about unwrapping a bak chang that makes it feel like a treat, whether you’re partial to the savoury Hokkien variety, sweeter Nyonya-style dumplings or one packed with salted egg yolk, chestnuts and pork. While they tend to get the most attention around the Dragon Boat Festival, thankfully, bak chang isn’t just a once-a-year affair.

Great beauty products don’t have to be complicated—they just have to work. This year’s Her World x Shopee Beauty Awards 2026 winners showcase innovative makeup, skincare and beauty devices that solve everyday beauty dilemmas, from keeping makeup flawless for longer to improving skin texture and making at-home treatments easier than ever. These are the products our editors and expert judges believe deserve a place in your routine.

“AI researcher” and “pageant queen” are not exactly two titles you expect to see side by side on the same résumé. But for 18-year-old Riona Krishnan Dighe, they make more sense together than you might think. The newly crowned Miss Teen Universe Singapore 2026 has interests that stretch far beyond the runway.

Age is truly just a number for people like Dr Charlotte Lim, or, as she’s more famously known on Instagram, Pullup Grandma. At 80, most people would be forgiven for taking it slow, but Dr Lim has spent the past few weeks doing quite the opposite: meeting a reality TV star she’s long admired, jetting off to South Korea for a competition she didn’t even know she’d entered, and coming home with a piece of sporting history for Singapore.

There’s no shortage of inventive mooncakes these days, from alcohol-spiked snowskins to creations that look more like French pastries than the traditional treat. But sometimes, all you really want is a good baked mooncake. Whether you prefer yours filled with smooth white lotus paste and salted egg yolk, packed with nuts or wrapped in flaky Teochew pastry, plenty of familiar favourites are returning for Mid-Autumn Festival 2026.

As its brick-red letters painted across a cream-coloured block come into view, you’ll find one of Singapore’s buzziest lifestyle enclaves, New Bahru, perched on a hill along Kim Yam Road, on the former site of Nan Chiau High School. Home to a slew of home-grown creative brands, New Bahru first opened to the public in May 2024 and is now complete after nearly two years of development.

Amid the bustle of job seekers and career booths at the SPH Career Expo over the weekend, a wisdom-filled mid-point check-in for the Her World Mentorship Programme 2026 took place. Mentors and mentees gathered at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention for an afternoon of catching up, learning and meaningful conversations. The event was supported by our official beauty partner, Clé de Peau Beauté and Singtel.

We all love our mums, and no matter how old we get, there are some things we’ll still turn to them for. So perhaps it’s no surprise that most friend groups eventually end up with an unofficial designated mum too. Think Monica Geller from Friends or even Steve Harrington from Stranger Things. And yes, group mums don’t actually have to be women.

At 16 years old, most people can only dream about a career on the racetrack. Kareen Kaur, on the other hand, is living it. This September, she heads to Spain for the F1 Academy Rookie Test, the latest and biggest milestone yet in a career that’s already made her Singapore’s first female driver to race in Formula 4 (F4). It started at nine, when she first discovered her love for racing.