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In Padua, Italy’s Painted City, the best shows are the frescoes

The World Heritage site’s colourful attractions include one of the earliest depictions of a kiss in Western painting.


Greg Girard’s photo exhibition shows five decades of Hong Kong and Tokyo

Photographer Greg Girard’s new exhibition puts two Asian metropolises – Hong Kong and Tokyo – in the frame over five decades.


Bryn Terfel on bringing drama to the opera stage and the importance of listening

Bryn Terfel’s journey as one of opera’s most commanding voices, from singing at King Charles’ coronation to Verbier Festival’s inaugural China edition.


Hong Kong sailor Tiger Mok made history at sea – after his autopilot failed

Mok has been sailing since he was 7, and repped Hong Kong at the 1994 Asian Games before his history-making finish at the Rolex China Sea Race.


Multimedia artist Lap-see Lam’s Hong Kong show explores cultural identity

Lam turns Swedish-Chinese restaurant culture and digital defects into haunting works about migration, memory and generational loss.


Jeffrey Lee’s extraordinary museum of plush toys and military memorabilia

A passion with its roots in ring toss games has morphed into a vast cabinet of curiosities that include plush toys and military memorabilia.


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A riot of colourful artworks in Padua defines Italy’s Painted City

The World Heritage site’s colourful attractions include one of the earliest depictions of a kiss in Western painting.

Greg Girard’s photo exhibition shows five decades of Hong Kong and Tokyo

A legendary opera singer on playing the ‘bad boy’ on stage

This Hongkonger just became the first solo finisher of a taxing sea race

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