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This chef turns down-to-earth Cantonese recipes into luxury diasporic gastronomy

Eva Che draws on her Chinese heritage and luxury experience for her catering brand whose clients have included Saint Laurent and Adidas.

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We join artist Shigeo Otake on his first real Hong Kong visit. It is different

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The key to better brain health and ‘super-ageing’ could lie in your bones

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Rare snake fossil offers new insight into the reptiles’ early evolution

One of the best-preserved early snake fossils, the Tametara mirim fossil dates back around 75 to 85 million years to the Cretaceous Period.

26 Jul 2026 - 7:15PM

Our new paper is out! Meet Tametara mirim, a new fossil snake from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. With this astonishing new discovery, we tried to settle the ecological origin of snakes, but we ended up finding an unexpected hidden neurological and ecological diversity! This was an incredible project of which to be part, with an awesome team involved, and I’m so incredibly happy it is finally published. Such an amazing opportunity for me to learn more about snake neuroanatomy. Also, let’s appreciate how tiny the fossil is! So cute

Arts

Hong Kong artist channels Leslie Cheung film Farewell My Concubine for live show

Berlin-based Isaac Chong Wai’s all-male Hong Kong show An Intimate Surrender draws on the 1993 gender-fluid romance to explore vulnerability.

26 Jul 2026 - 4:15PM

Entertainment

Why Jacob Cheung’s Cageman and Intimates became his most memorable films

In Cageman, Cheung leaned on social observations and light drama. In lesbian romance Intimates, he focused on romance, not sexual passion.

26 Jul 2026 - 12:45PMvideocam

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Health & Wellness

Why ‘extreme fitness FOMO’ can do more harm than good for people 40 and up

Driven by status and events like Hyrox, many midlife Hongkongers are pushing themselves to the limit. But experts warn of the dangers.

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Leslie Evangelista, a personal trainer and the head strength and conditioning coach at Hong Kong Sports Clinic, says that while someone in their 20s can “borrow from tomorrow and get away with it ... a midlife body keeps the receipts”. Photo: May Tse

Entertainment

The appeal of Ghibli: why films like Totoro continue to find fans

The US-based Studio Ghibli Fest began in 2017 and, as Ghibli films continue to attract new fans of all ages, it keeps growing.

25 Jul 2026 - 7:15PM

K-drama

Latest K-drama casting news about Jung Ho-yeon, Kim Young-kwang and more

Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon is eyeing a role in Netflix show Outback while Kim Young-kwang may lead romcom Queen of Taming with Lee Joo-myoung.

25 Jul 2026 - 4:15PM

Food & Drink

Celebrity chef Hugo Leung, aka To To, on the road to becoming a ‘Gourmet God’

Leung wasn’t always a ‘Gourmet God’ – as an apprentice, he was expected to clean woks, sharpen knives and even wash his master’s underwear.

25 Jul 2026 - 12:45PM

Hugo Leung (left) at his Tai Wing Wah Restaurant in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, in 2007. He shares his journey from chef apprentice to celebrity. Photo: Dickson Lee

Health & Wellness

Fit after 50: How Indian influencer couple beat chronic pain with exercise

Tara and Sushila Thapa overcame chronic pain by getting fit in midlife. Now their Instagram page and running group encourage others.

25 Jul 2026 - 7:55AM

Tara (left) and Sushila Thapa run a 10km race in their home city of Dehradun, India, in 2025. Both have overcome chronic pain since taking up running in middle age, and now inspire others to do the same. Photo: Tara Thapa

Entertainment

Planet of the Apes at 25: why Tim Burton’s sci-fi remake was a confusing mess

The 2001 film with Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth and Helena Bonham Carter featured a muddled script and awkward callbacks to the 1968 original.

24 Jul 2026 - 7:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

‘Take the risk’: Matthew Rhys challenges studios after dual Emmy nods

The Welsh actor talks about his roles in Widow’s Bay and The Beast in Me, and making original series to ‘challenge audiences’.

24 Jul 2026 - 4:15PMvideocam

Gadgets

The latest Samsung folding phones, including new Z Fold 8 to rival Apple

Samsung now offers three Galaxy folding phones, with the Z Fold 8 expected to go head to head with Apple’s inaugural folding iPhone.

24 Jul 2026 - 12:45PM

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 has a 4:3 aspect ratio and is expected to most closely compete with Apple’s inaugural folding iPhone. Photo: The Korea Times

Arts

Obituary | How scholar Ackbar Abbas changed the way people thought about Hong Kong

Abbas, whose concepts such as ‘déjà disparu’ are still used to explain how Hong Kong feels from the inside, died on July 13 at the age of 84.

24 Jul 2026 - 7:15AM

Ackbar Abbas (right) and his third wife, Liu Sola (left), at their home in Beijing. Abbas, a scholar who profoundly influenced Hong Kong arts and academia with his work, has died aged 84. Photo: Chang Yung-ho

Health & Wellness

How infinite scrolling hijacks the brain’s reward system like slot machines do

Two experts explain what infinite scrolling does to the brain, why teens are particularly affected, and how to beat the addiction.

23 Jul 2026 - 9:15PM

K-drama

A Shop for Killers season 2: Lee Dong-wook leads action-packed return

Lee is back alongside Kim Hye-jun to take on assassins in this new season that has so far prioritised narrative set-up over splashy violence.

23 Jul 2026 - 6:15PMvideocam

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Health & Wellness

Fit after 50: How Indian influencer couple beat chronic pain with exercise

Tara and Sushila Thapa overcame chronic pain by getting fit in midlife. Now their Instagram page and running group encourage others.

25 Jul 2026 - 7:55AM

Tara (left) and Sushila Thapa run a 10km race in their home city of Dehradun, India, in 2025. Both have overcome chronic pain since taking up running in middle age, and now inspire others to do the same. Photo: Tara Thapa

K-drama

Latest K-drama casting news about Jung Ho-yeon, Kim Young-kwang and more

Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon is eyeing a role in Netflix show Outback while Kim Young-kwang may lead romcom Queen of Taming with Lee Joo-myoung.

25 Jul 2026 - 4:15PM

Health & Wellness

Why ‘extreme fitness FOMO’ can do more harm than good for people 40 and up

Driven by status and events like Hyrox, many midlife Hongkongers are pushing themselves to the limit. But experts warn of the dangers.

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K-drama

A Shop for Killers season 2: Lee Dong-wook leads action-packed return

Lee is back alongside Kim Hye-jun to take on assassins in this new season that has so far prioritised narrative set-up over splashy violence.

23 Jul 2026 - 6:15PMvideocam

Lee Dong-wook as reclusive arms dealer Jeong Jin-man in a still from A Shop for Killers season 2, which has so far focused more on establishing a strong narrative than the splashy violence prioritised in season 1. Photo: Disney+

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Vietnamese refugees arrive in Hong Kong. Some are wearing the green or khaki shirts of the Vietnamese military. Photo: courtesy of Les Bird

A Vietnamese refugee returns to the Hong Kong island where echoes of a lost childhood remain

Entrepreneur Katie Aung revisits the remote site of the detention camp that shaped her younger years.

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Masters of Hong Kong’s ‘kung fu’ cuisine on the struggle to save Cantonese classics

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The human faces of China’s belt and road strategy, through Liu Heung-shing’s lens

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China’s regional cuisines: survival strategies written in flavours

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