Grandma, mother, daughter: an emotional story from China to US

28 Apr 2024 - 7:45AM

From Communist China to Hong Kong and the US, memories of three women and the traumas they carried with them form the heart of Tessa Hulls’ debut graphic novel

A spiral staircase at an urban park in Shantung Street, Mong Kok. Photo: Dickson Lee

Steps out of the ordinary: Instagram-worthy staircases in Hong Kong

In a vertical city like Hong Kong, there are stairs everywhere – and some are simply stunning.

29 Apr 2024 - 12:51PM

Chow Yun-fat and Cherie Chung film a scene in Tsim Sha Tsui for The Eighth Happiness in a photograph shot by Canadian Greg Girard. A collection of his 1980s Hong Kong film set photos will be presented in “Greg Girard: Hong Kong Made Me” at M+ museum. Photo: M+/Greg Girard

Photographs from 80s Hong Kong paired with post-punk band at M+ museum

Wong Kar-wai and Chow Yun-fat are among the Hong Kong cinema luminaries featured in photos shot by Canadian Greg Girard on 1980s film sets. They will be presented at M+ with a musical accompaniment.

29 Apr 2024 - 12:51PM

Simon Pegg (front) in a still from Shaun of the Dead. Photo: Rogue Pictures

Shaun of the Dead at 20: ‘Britpop movie’ prefigured our infantilised culture

As the quintessentially British Shaun of the Dead turns 20, we look back at this genre-defining rom-zom-com and how it came to be lauded by cinema luminaries in America as well as at home.

29 Apr 2024 - 4:15AM

Adana Kebab Dumpling at The Peninsula Istanbul’s Gallada. Photo: Cihan Alpgiray

How the world’s chefs are borrowing from Cantonese cuisine

From Italy to Japan, a growing number of chefs around the world are borrowing techniques, recipes and ingredients from Cantonese cuisine – but is it a threat to the food’s authenticity?

28 Apr 2024 - 10:44PM

OPINION

Jason Wordie

Grandma, mother, daughter: an emotional story from China to US

Steps out of the ordinary: Instagram-worthy staircases in Hong Kong

Photographs from 80s Hong Kong paired with post-punk band at M+ museum

Shaun of the Dead at 20: ‘Britpop movie’ prefigured our infantilised culture

How the world’s chefs are borrowing from Cantonese cuisine

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