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Cecilie Bahnsen has dresses that range from the traditional to bespoke creations that can be as avant garde as you like. Photo: Handout
Fashion

Bridal wear, unbridled: what to wear for the unconventional summer bride

Go for Silvia Tcherassi if you’re planning a traditional or beach wedding, or be subversive in black with Susie Cave’s help, while ‘brides of all genders’ should look to Harris Reed.

Travel news and advice

5 hot places and happenings to check out this summer

Jewellery

Heirlooms from Hatton Garden: discover London’s latest wave of goldsmiths

Tourism

James McNeill Whistler’s Asian muse: Chinese ceramics and Japanese fans

Chinese pottery and textiles and Japanese crafts profoundly influenced James McNeill Whistler’s work, as seen in a retrospective at Tate Britain.

Chinese porcelain appears in Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks (1864). Photo: Getty Images
Gen Z

Birthday parties at premium gyms? How Gen Z ditched drinking for wellness

Millennials may have embraced athleisure, but wellness is an identity for Gen Z – and gyms are their social clubs.

Fashion

3 must-have bags to redefine summer style

Summer’s most coveted accessories, from Fendi’s raffia Peekaboo to Métier’s suede The Patchwork and Silvia Tcherassi’s Sofia Tennis bag.

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Britain

Dozens could face criminal charges over 2017 London tower inferno

Police seek prosecutions nearly a decade after Britain’s worst modern residential blaze killed 72.

Grenfell Tower on fire in 2017. The block was in a deprived part of Britain's richest borough. Photo: Getty Images
Swatch Group

Video | Swatch ‘Royal Pop’ pocket watch launch sparks global frenzy

From New York to Milan, buyers push and shove to get their hands on the ‘Royal Pop’ timepieces.

Britain

Rival pro-Palestine, far-right protests in London as 4,000 police deployed

London’s Metropolitan Police drafted more than 4,000 officers over fears that far-right demonstrators may clash with pro-Palestine marchers if not kept apart.

Art

When London’s museums started losing visitors, they decided to get creative

Faced with falling visitor numbers, the British capital’s museums – both old and new – have a plan to win back the crowds. But will it work?

The two-storey section of Robin Hood Gardens, the now demolished housing estate in Poplar, inside the new V&A East Storehouse in London, in May 2025. Photo: Getty Images
Art

5 exhibitions across the globe celebrating women who shaped art and culture

From Björk’s grief-tinged ‘Echolalia’ to Marina Abramović making history in Venice, these shows shine a light on women who shaped contemporary culture.

Museums around the world are spotlighting women who – like Frida Kahlo – have influenced contemporary culture. Photo: Nickolas Muray Collection of Mexican Art
Art

4 exhibitions to visit this summer in London, Kyoto and Venice

Explore work by Japanese designer Nigo, contemporary art from Asia-Pacific, and pieces inspired by post-Thatcher Britain and Olea Sancta, the sacred oils used in Catholic rituals.

European travel

William Shakespeare’s only London house finally found with 17th century map

The location of the house where the Bard likely wrote works including Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet was found on a map in the London Archives.

Hong Kong economy

Paul Chan backs Hong Kong to be world’s No 2 financial hub within 15 years

Finance chief says city’s strengths are its stable environment and strong growth.

Hong Kong retained its position as Asia’s top financial centre and ranked third globally. Photo: Jelly Tse
Art

Extraordinary tale of Chinese-British collaboration revealed in new exhibition

The London show spotlighting an English botanist sheds light on 18th century science and exchanges between China and England.

The 1776 painting of Huang Yadong by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Huang was brought to England from Guangzhou (Canton) by John Bradby Blake, an employee of the East India Company. This painting owned by the National Trust is part of the “Seeds of Exchange” exhibition at the Garden Museum in London. (Credit: National Trust)
Britain

London mayor’s bodyguards relieved of duties after bag of guns ‘misplaced’

A pregnant passer-by found the bag, containing guns, a taser and ammunition, on a road outside Sadiq Khan’s home.

Fashion

How London brand Chopova Lowena, and its cult carabiner skirt, came to be

Harry Styles, Madonna and Gen Z cool girls all love this viral brand – which is inspired by everything from Bulgarian folklore to rock climbing and Scottish kilts.

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Art

8 of the world’s most exciting art exhibitions to visit this March

Catch intriguing sculpture, paintings, photography and more at New York’s Guggenheim and MoMA, London’s National Portrait Gallery, and Hong Kong’s Palace Museum and M+.

Newspaper by Dirk Van Saene, one of the famous Antwerp Six who made a big splash in fashion and design 40 years ago, and whose collected works are now on show. Photo: Handout
Fashion

Flashback: Susie Bubble remembers her fave fashion looks

The London-based fashion blogger-turned-journalist contributes to The Business of Fashion and more, and loves donning Dior, Prada, Celine and Louis Vuitton.

Tourism

Gripping samurai exhibition explores Japan’s warrior class, cuts through myths

From armour to art, ‘Samurai’ at the British Museum traces the Japanese elite class’ evolution and cultural impact, from anime to Star Wars.

London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week 2026: Burberry pays homage to its British heritage

Drawing in a star-studded audience from Stray Kids’ Seungmin to Olivia Dean and Kate Moss, the brand focused on its outerwear roots.

The rain-soaked runway at the Burberry fall/winter 2026 show. Photo: Reuters
London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week 2026: Simone Rocha, Erdem and Chet Lo

Erdem created a scrapbook of previous show inspirations, from Queen Elizabeth to Duchess Deborah Devonshire, while Simone Rocha drew on her signature pearls and ribbons.

Erdem celebrated its 20th anniversary at London Fashion Week this season. Photo: Getty Images
Fashion

In conversation: Celine Kwan and Chet Lo trade inspirations and industry talk

The Central Saint Martins graduates share Hong Kong roots but have built their careers in London, and give frank assessments of their backgrounds, best attributes and bucket lists.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Branden Cook, who plays Evan in drama series Tell Me Lies

The London-trained actor, who’s engaged to his co-star Katherine Hughes, watched films with his grandfather and wanted to be like Indiana Jones or James Bond.

Britain

UK court rules London police can require officers to disclose Masonic membership

Freemasons had challenged the policy, saying that it amounted to creating a discriminatory ‘blacklist’.

Freemasons from the United Grand Lodge of England. Photo: United Grand Lodge of England
Tourism

Kids’ day out: meet Wallace & Gromit and friends at new London exhibition

An interactive exhibition in London is giving a behind-the-scenes look at some of Aardman Animations’ most popular creations.

A visitor looks at the Fun-Land Farms model used in filming of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget at the “Inside Aardman: Wallace and Gromit and Friends” exhibition at the Young V&A in London, Britain. Photo: EPA
Art

2 must-see London exhibitions feature Tracey Emin and Lucian Freud

Freud’s work on paper is featured at the National Portrait Gallery, while Emin’s 40-year career is covered in a retrospective at Tate Modern.

Robert Wun

Style according to … Hong Kong designer Robert Wun

A fan of dramatic, horror-inspired gowns, Wun was the first Hong Kong designer to show at Paris Haute Couture Week back in 2023.

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