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Josh Hamilton stars opposite Jennifer Garner in Peacock’s new TV series The Five-Star Weekend. Photos: Getty Images, AFP
Fame and celebrity

Meet Josh Hamilton, Jennifer Garner’s late husband in Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend

The actor loves photography, and his Instagram is filled with portraits of A-listers such as Sydney Sweeney, Mark Ruffalo and Amanda Seyfried.

Architecture and design

How to transform your poolside into a chic oasis

Editor's Letter

This week in PostMag: in celebration of the human spirit

Belt and Road Initiative

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

The Pulitzer-winning Hong Kong photojournalist trades megaproject metrics for intimate portraits of how China’s new Silk Road is rewiring everyday lives.

Engineers at the Kamoa-Kakula copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Liu Heung-shing
Fifa World Cup

Photo book This is Football celebrates the game as the Fifa World Cup kicks off

As the biggest tournament in world football kicks off, this lavish book looks back at seminal moments involving Lionel Messi, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pelé and more.

Food and Drinks

The magic of mushrooms, from foraging to fine dining

Taschen’s coffee-table book The Gourmand’s Mushroom looks at how fungi are portrayed in art, literature and music, and explores the health benefits of various species.

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Food and Drinks

Chinese photographers serve a visual feast at World Food Photography Awards 2026

Hotpot feasts, communal banquets and street food scenes were the highlights from Chinese photographers during this year’s competition.

A family preparing red glutinous rice cakes for Chinese New Year in Putian, Fujian province, China. The photo was featured in the annual World Food Photography Awards. Photo: Chen Ying/World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Bimi
Travel news and advice

5 hot places and happenings to check out this summer

Explore Versace at a Paris museum, view Arthur Elgort’s photos in Los Angeles, shop at Selfridges, relax at Sant Roch sauna, and peruse The Mark Hotel’s new book.

Style Edit

Style shoot: Chanel’s shimmering high jewellery collection Signes & Symboles

The opulent collection is inspired by some of the brand’s most famous icons, including the sun, star, lion and camellia.

Hyrox

Hyrox Hong Kong saw dim sum sleds and a dragon boat row-off

Beyond wall balls and the leaderboard, the city’s functional fitness race transformed into a high-energy carnival for racers and spectators.

From left: Takashi Kurihara, Yuya Shozui, Atsushi Arai and Yoshio Itoi cross the finish line of the Team Relay Men’s event at Hyrox Hong Kong 2026. The Japanese team are known for their appearance on Netflix’s Final Draft. Photo: Handout
Style Edit

Style shoot: Chanel’s Métiers d’Art collection celebrates artistry and New York

Matthieu Blazy’s first Métiers d’Art collection for the brand is a love letter to New York and the maison’s 11 resident ateliers alike.

Chanel’s Métiers d’Art collection, presented in New York. Photography: Marie Tomanova
Malaysia

In Malaysia, unlicensed street photography becomes focus of crackdown

Kuala Lumpur authorities have seized photographic equipment from five foreigners since a warning in early April.

Style Edit

Style shoot: Chapter 3 of Cartier’s En Équilibre high jewellery collection

The final instalment of En Équilibre, unveiled in Paris in January, is once more all about balance, with harmonising colours and complementary shapes.

Art

Top Hong Kong bartender swaps cocktails for cameras for first photo exhibition

Jay Khan of Coa and The Savory Project compares mixology and photography as his first photography exhibition opens at Sin Sin Fine Art.

Jay Khan bought his first camera in 2020. This month, he unveiled his first-ever photography exhibition, “Pouring Shadow”, at Sin Sin Fine Art, an independent gallery in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang neighbourhood. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Art Basel

Art Week on a budget: 8 must-see free events in Hong Kong

From Tai Kwun to M+, Gagosian and more, here’s a round-up of venues hosting admission-free exhibitions, home-grown talent and retrospectives.

M+ is among the venues hosting events in conjunction with Art Basel Hong Kong. Photo: Martin Chan
Art

Showtime: 4 unmissable art exhibitions to keep you cultured this week

Mary Weatherford gets her first solo exhibition in Asia, and Greg Girard showcases 40 years of photography in Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Art

From pirate dreams to public text, a restless creative voice arrives in the city

Capitán explores connection, belonging and why imagination may be the most valuable currency of all.

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Chinese culture

How AI is helping bring Hong Kong history to life on Instagram and beyond

Cultural preservationists use generative AI to breathe life into photos from the past, but does this practice promote or distort history?

A photo of Hong Kong during the mid-20th century, colourised by OldHKinColour. The team behind the popular Instagram account uses artificial intelligence to bring such photos to life, but some say this “distorts” history. Photo: OldHKinColour
From our archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year obsession with good fortune

To celebrate the Year of the Horse, we take a look back at how Hong Kong invited good luck through traditional customs from the 1970s to the 2000s.

Fashion

Milan’s most stylish: a photographer’s view of the city’s best dressed

Shots of Miuccia Prada, Luciano Barbera and the late Giorgio Armani and Franca Sozzani vie with those of ordinary people in The Sartorialist’s coffee-table book for Taschen.

2026 Olympic Winter Games

Milan as it hosts the Winter Olympics: where to eat, shop and be pampered

Savour authentic cuisine at Rovello 18, get the full Italian barbershop treatment at Eredi Zucca, and admire Robert Mapplethorpe’s sensual photographs.

What to do in Milan: Italy’s fashion capital has great food, nightlife and culture for visitors to the upcoming Winter Olympics. Photos: Handout
From our archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s coldest days from the 1970s to 2010s

It doesn’t happen often, but Hong Kong occasionally experiences frost and ice during cold snaps, as these images from our archives capture.

Visitors bundled up against the cold to see the frost on Tai Mo Shan, where the temperature fell to minus three degrees Celsius in December 1975. Photo: SCMP Archives
From our archives

In Pictures: majestic sailing ships that made Hong Kong a port of call

Hong Kong waters have long attracted some of the world’s most impressive sailing boats, harking back to the days when wind power ruled the waves.

From our archives

Hong Kong swimmers braving the cold on New Year’s Day, from the 1970s to 2000s

A perennial test of courage, the city’s New Year Winter Swimming Lifesaving Championships race celebrates its 50th year in 2026.

From our archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s parties of Christmas (and New Year’s) past

The festive season is a good excuse to let your hair down – and Hongkongers do love to party.

Staff members of trading firm FocalPoint International enjoying themselves in a special Christmas party held at the skating rink in Cityplaza in Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP Archives
Smartphones

Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in imaging

The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.

Xiaomi’s new 17 Ultra premium smartphone. Photo: Weibo
From our archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s Christmas festivities, from the 1970s to 90s

In the late 20th century, Hong Kong transformed into a hub of festive cheer with bright lights, seasonal decor and plenty of Christmas treats.

Obituaries

Renowned British photographer Martin Parr dies at 73

The celebrated photographer documented everything from beach life to global consumerism across a decades-spanning career.

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