Notes
Short pieces written on the way round: how to read a shophouse front, where to find shade at midday, what the weather does through the year. Each one links to the walks it comes from.
- Sep 2026 Old prints, the same streets
The prints and photographs of about 1900 on this site, and what the same places look like today.
- Apr 2026 Park connectors
The green paths that join the parks across the island, and how to use them to stretch a walk.
- Dec 2025 The monsoons, for walkers
Singapore's two monsoons and the months between them, and what each means for a day on foot.
- Sep 2025 Hard light and after the rain
Photographing in tropical sun, the short golden hours at each end of the day, and why a storm is good news.
- Aug 2025 Shade at midday
Where to walk between eleven and three, when the sun is almost overhead and the heat is at its worst.
- Feb 2025 Five-foot ways
The covered passages in front of the shophouses: where they came from, what they are for, and how to walk them.
- Oct 2024 The ixora in the hedge
The small red flower that gives this site its name, and why it turns up in almost every hedge on the island.
- Jul 2024 Reading a shophouse front
The broad styles, from plain early houses to Art Deco, and the plaster, tiles and shutters that tell them apart.