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Tourists disembark from a boat after returning from nearby beaches on the island of Ithaca on August 3, 2026. Ithaca is widely believed to be the home of the hero Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey. Photo: AFP

Travel & Leisure

Are these Odyssey islands prepared for tourist surge in wake of new film?

A jump in visitors is expected in Ithaca, believed to be Odysseus’ home in the poem, and Favignana, its stand-in in the recent blockbuster.

Why burgers are suddenly everywhere in China

How ‘Siuyea’ Lo Chun-yip shed his indie director mindset to become a leading man

Arts

The audience are players in this ‘board game theatre’ project in Hong Kong

Audience members write their own script in Jing Wong’s gods-versus-human theatre production that plays out alongside in-character performers.

Audience members take part in theatre director Jing Wong’s latest project, When the World is Your Enemy, at The Room at the West Kowloon Cultural District in March 2026. An “epic edition” of the production, which fuses game mechanics with live performance, will be staged at WestK’s The Box in September and October 2026. Photo: WestK
Audience members take part in theatre director Jing Wong’s latest project, When the World is Your Enemy, at The Room at the West Kowloon Cultural District in March 2026. An “epic edition” of the production, which fuses game mechanics with live performance, will be staged at WestK’s The Box in September and October 2026. Photo: WestK

Travel & Leisure

Why the first night in a hotel affects your sleep quality and how to improve it

The first night in a new place often results in worse sleep. Experts cite the evolutionary causes and give tips on sleeping better.

Food & Drink

Why Anthony Bourdain biopic ‘Tony’ puts truth on the back burner

The makers of the biopic explain why they invented characters and made Bourdain’s on-screen experiences link to those of star Dominic Sessa.

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Arts

From breast milk to menstrual blood, how artist Jiabao Li challenges norms

Li makes art that reflects her experience as a mother and daughter, as well as her rage about women’s lack of bodily autonomy.

Artist Jiabao Li at her solo exhibition “Womb Wetware” at San Francisco’s Tiat Gallery. Photo: Daniel Clayton
Artist Jiabao Li at her solo exhibition “Womb Wetware” at San Francisco’s Tiat Gallery. Photo: Daniel Clayton

Food & Drink

How 2 like-minded chefs are celebrating Chinese diasporic gastronomy in Montreal

Christophe Yu and Nora Lou craft innovative pop-up feasts that blend migration stories, local ingredients and bold flavours.

Entertainment

These Hong Kong Pokemon card sellers want more people actually playing the game

From offering tutorials to holding competitions, some stores are trying to boost Pokemon card playing besides just collecting and investing.

K-drama

Profile | Who is Kim Hye-jun, star of K-dramas A Shop for Killers and My Bias, My Boss?

Kim Hye-jun, who started in advertisements and on Saturday Night Live Korea, first dreamed of being a designer or a nurse, not an actress.

Kim Hye-jun in a still from A Shop for Killers season two. Photo: Disney+

Motoring

In China, self-driving cars can park, change lanes and drive like humans

Autonomous cars in China can navigate chaotic city traffic with human-like precision, even parking themselves when the occupants have gone.

Self-driving cars can do ever more, as a trip in a Mercedes CLA on the streets of Beijing, in China, showed recently. Photo: Mercedes-Benz AG/dpa
Self-driving cars can do ever more, as a trip in a Mercedes CLA on the streets of Beijing, in China, showed recently. Photo: Mercedes-Benz AG/dpa

Fashion & Beauty

He’s been sewing since 14. Now this Hong Kong designer has his own couture label

Alvin Ho is the 23-year-old creative force behind House of Alvin, which creates fantastical gowns for events from red carpets to weddings.

Health & Wellness

What is overthinking? How to recognise it and stop the feedback loop

More than just ‘thinking hard’, overthinking is a destructive cognitive trap driven by negative, repetitive thoughts. Here’s how to stop it.

Entertainment

Review | All Wishes Come True!: Chinese animation reinvents the Eight Immortals

This culturally authentic and wholly accessible origin story is a visually dazzling infusion of Chinese and Western storytelling conventions.

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A screen grab from from All Wishes Come True! from Pearl Studio, which also produced Kung Fu Panda 3 and Netflix’s Academy Award-nominated Over the Moon.

K-drama

Flex X Cop season 2: Ahn Bo-hyun, Jung Eun-chae in action-comedy K-drama

Flex X Cop returns with Ahn Bo-hyun and a new leading lady, Jung Eun-chae, but this K-drama sequel feels rushed, lacking season one’s focus.

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Jung Eun-chae (left) as counterterrorism agent Joo Hye-ra and Ahn Bo-hyun as corporate heir turned police detective Jin I-soo in a still from Flex X Cop season two.
Jung Eun-chae (left) as counterterrorism agent Joo Hye-ra and Ahn Bo-hyun as corporate heir turned police detective Jin I-soo in a still from Flex X Cop season two.

Chinese culture

The world’s only hieroglyphic script still in use today is found in China

Over 1,000 years old, Dongba script is associated with the Naxi ethnic minority and is a common sight in Yunnan province’s Lijiang city.

Entertainment

Profile | Alex To’s 40-year Cantopop legacy: R&B origins, comebacks, acting triumphs

The now 64-year-old Hong Kong-born singer and actor remains one of the industry’s most enduring and unpredictable figures.

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Food & Drink

She’s both a baker and a psychologist, creating recipes to make your life better

Helen Goh talks about combining the two sides of her life in her cookbook ‘Baking and the Meaning of Life’, which won a James Beard award.

Helen Goh in the kitchen. Photo: John Davis
Helen Goh in the kitchen. Photo: John Davis

Chinese culture

Want to learn Cantonese? These influencers are sparking a Canto revival

Influencers like Uncle Donnie, Andrew Bui and Mihi Matshingana are connecting a Cantonese-speaking diaspora and inspiring learning.

Arts

A factory. An estate. Why illustrator depicts these ‘beautiful’ Hong Kong spots

John Ho shows what he thinks is Hong Kong’s true cultural identity by painting the buildings and streets that form the fabric of daily life.

Chinese culture

The Chinese sex worker who built an empire in America’s Old West

Ah Toy rose from new immigrant to madam running a chain of successful brothels, fighting racism, sexism and the authorities on the way.

Olivia Cheng (right) plays pioneering Chinese madam Ah Toy in the US martial arts crime drama series Warrior. Ah Toy was the first recorded Chinese sex worker in San Francisco, who went on to own a chain of successful brothels. Photo: HBO Max
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The living room of Harry Sun's Central flat, designed by Dominic Cheung of Crimson Company. Photo: Elizabeth Au of HHM Studio (hhm-studio.com)

Can a Hong Kong flat blend modernity with vintage charm?

A chance encounter at a tailor’s shop set the tone for an apartment in Central district where European antiques and bespoke detailing combine in timeless harmony.

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Bird song was a signature feature of Mong Kok's Wan Loy Teahouse, seen here in 1987. Photo: SCMP Archives

In pictures: 50 years of Hong Kong’s yum cha teahouse tradition

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Stephen Yan with fans in Toronto in 2024. Photo: courtesy Retrokid

Wok with Yan’s return: Hong Kong-Canadian TV chef Stephen Yan reunites with fans decades after disappearing

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Morning mist hangs over the tea plantation at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, in the New Territories. Photo: Alexander Mak

Hong Kong’s 1,000-year-old tea heritage is being rediscovered and rehabilitated

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The summit of Norman Foster’s HSBC Main Building in relief against The Peak, 1986. Photo: Ian Lambot

The building that rewrote architecture – 40 years ago

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The skeletons of a family in an ancient sacrifice pit in China.

Reflections | How Ching Ming’s paper offerings evolved from human sacrifice

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Japanese-style animation and games made overseas, such as Blue Archive and Azur Lane, have become increasingly popular in Japan
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Chinese foie gras producers eye European market

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