Putting all into the job
7 min read
It is a dog eat dog world in sales. But whether you’re selling concrete or a destination, the same values ought to be present, such as honesty, perseveran...
Christine Das: Stroking animals to life
6 min read
They say that, like the proverbial spinning wheel, nobody can reinvent art. I believe it’s true because, today, very few works of art manage to surprise me. More often than not, artists look back at previous trends to find their inspiration.
A designer wise to the streets of Pulau Tikus
4 min read
Tell us a bit about your background. You dropped out of school at a young age; how has that experience shaped you?When I was growing up, education was a luxur...
The Art of Sonny Liew
9 min read
Comics are fun, but if one is to make a career of it, one needs luck and lots of talent. And one needs to take bold initiatives and to experiment. A very adult way to stay young, really.
Here, There and Everywhere with Thomas Powell
6 min read
How did English artist Thomas Powell's art end up half a world away from home, and what makes him so “Charles Dickens-y”? Penang Monthly catches up with the talented artist.
Resisting the Closing of the Malaysian Mind
6 min read
Eccentric professor Latif Kamaluddin writes powerful, mean verses that challenge Malaysians to think about where their modernity really comes from.
Penang’s frontline survivor
6 min read
One can glean that Kim Gooi has lived an amazing life just by looking at him: donning a slanting beret, his whole persona exudes the sense that he’s flirt...
Letting colonial literature reveal its wealth – and ambivalence
6 min read
Dr Mohamad Rashidi Mohd Pakri is from Baling, but has been living in Penang for the better part of the past 20 years. This is thanks to Universiti Sains Malaysi...
Cartoons for the people
5 min read
Who is the most controversial cartoonist in Malaysia, currently being investigated on a whopping nine charges under the notorious Sedition Act and facing a pote...
Living Hyphenated
6 min read
Penang Monthly talked to Omar Musa when he was in town for a two-month artist’s residency at Hotel Penaga to chat about identity, belonging and Russell Crowe.
Marina Mahathir: Malaysia is My Colour Movie
11 min read
Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir is the keynote speaker at the fifth George Town Literary Festival (GTLF), which takes place on November 27-29 . On a daily basis, Malaysians look out in the news for her most recent comments on issues that interest and bother the country.
Taking Penang Chinese Cuisine Abroad
6 min read
Leong’s journey with food started at a very young age, when he helped sell hokkien mee in Chowrasta Market in the 1970s. He would get up at 7am to push the stall cart from Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah to the market, and helped to sell until 1pm.