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SCMP's Life section takes a broad view of culture and covers issues including the environment, community affairs and human interest stories. Mondays are dedicated to Fashion, Health and Education. Tuesdays focus on Fitness and Wellbeing, Arts and Entertainment, and Family. Fridays cover Food and Wine, Technology and Design and Luxury.  

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From the African-American woman who successfully tracked down her Chinese grandfather to the confessions of an unrepentant, underage drinker: we round up some of our most read lifestyle stories of the year

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A telephone hotline has evolved into a digital channel for Hongkongers’ complaints big and small. You leave a message about a problem, officials deal with it and message you back. Of course, you can still phone or mail in a complaint, fax it, email it or use social media

Singaporean Woo Wai-leong withstood the heat in the kitchen to win the inaugural MasterChef Asia title, but warns prospective entrants of the pressure cooker-like environment of performing on the popular TV programme

The tape measure is fast becoming Mischa Moselle’s best friend as he manages to shed another 5cm from his waistline, braving some erratic driving as he walks off the kilos along the roads of southern India

Apps that let you check in with your phone, open the door with a smartwatch, and control your room’s music, lighting and air conditioning are the new definition of luxury for the tech age

If your identical twin suffers cancer you have a 46 per cent chance of also getting cancer, major long-term research project finds. It also shows genes play a big part in whether you suffer melanoma

Mischa Moselle manages to lose another 5cm off his waistline as he visits Fort Cochin and Jew Town in the capital of India’s southernmost state – and he’s finally found good coffee

The venture, Dubai-based Esol Education’s first in East Asia, will operate a kindergarten and elementary, middle and high schools, and teach Common Core, International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programmes

From adaptogens and DNA fitness holidays to savoury yogurt and virtual races, Jeanette Wang predicts the foods, trends and issues likely to cause the biggest buzz in the coming year

Put as much effort into working out how to recover from those big nights as you do in planning your holiday parties and you’ll be right as rain and ready for more

Food writer Mischa Moselle, who's morbidly obese and trying to put right years of ill-advised consumption, breaks down his journey across southern India into bite-sized chunks