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Sommelier Mason Ng Yin-song poses for a photo at wine bar Maison Natsukashii in Central. 31JAN26 SCMP / Karma Lo

Food & Drink

Serious about wine? New Hong Kong wine bar focuses on true connoisseurs

Champion sommelier Mason Ng designed his Maison Natsukashii to attract wine fanatics like himself who ‘know what they want’.

5 Feb 2026 - 7:15PM

Goldfish plastic bags and laundry: Hong Kong’s everyday life on show in Venice

5 Feb 2026 - 5:15PM

Five years on, Apple’s AirTag is updated. Here’s what’s new.

5 Feb 2026 - 4:15PM

K-drama

Honour: Lee Na-young stars in high-society sex crime K-drama

Lee Na-young, Jung Eun-chae and Lee Chung-ah play a trio of lawyers defending victims of sexual violence in the new Korean drama Honour.

5 Feb 2026 - 3:16PMvideocam

Lee Na-young as star lawyer Yoon Ra-young in a still from Honour. Jung Eun-chae and Lee Chung-ah co-star in the new Korean drama now streaming on Viu.

Health & Wellness

Indian mother’s transformation, Hins Cheung’s stardom: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From tai sui rituals in the Year of the Horse to Hong Kong’s walking trend, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

5 Feb 2026 - 3:15PM

Health & Wellness

Walking saved him after son’s suicide. Now, his trail walk raises millions

Tony Bruno’s return to walking turned into Hong Kong’s Weez Walk, which raises funds for mental health awareness and suicide prevention.

5 Feb 2026 - 3:20PM

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Chinese Zodiac

Oxen clash with the tai sui in the Year of the Horse 2026. How to avoid bad luck

A fortune-teller shares how Oxen can mitigate the negative effects of clashing with the tai sui deity in the coming Year of the Fire Horse.

5 Feb 2026 - 10:30AMvideocam

Oxen face a minor tai sui clash in 2026, but auspicious stars offer career and financial luck. Photo: Shutterstock

Entertainment

Review | Tokyo Taxi: Takuya Kimura and Chieko Baisho lead moving Yoji Yamada drama

Tokyo Taxi is an utterly captivating ride that sees an elderly woman bond with her taxi driver while reminiscing about her eventful life.

4 Feb 2026 - 9:15PMvideocam

Food & Drink

‘Martini craze’ sweeps New York and London as bars shake up classic cocktail

James Bond’s favourite drink is finding fans and driving profits in the US and UK as bartenders serve twists with carrot wine and coriander.

4 Feb 2026 - 7:15PM

Travel & Leisure

6 easy ways to make your 2026 holiday more sustainable and eco-friendly

Earth reached a ‘climate tipping point’ in 2025 and we all need to act to prevent more disasters. Here are six tips to travel sustainably.

4 Feb 2026 - 6:15PM

As the Earth reaches a “climate tipping point”, we all need to think about how our holidays affect the environment. Photo: TNS

Food & Drink

‘Excellent’ oysters, ‘deeply satisfying’ congee: where a chef eats in Hong Kong

Eric Chan of Pedder Chinese shares his favourite Hong Kong restaurants for Spanish food, chicken congee and his ‘guilty pleasure’.

4 Feb 2026 - 4:15PM

Spanish whole seabass at Aire in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay neighbourhood, where Eric Chan enjoys casual Spanish food. The chef also shares where he goes in the city for Cantonese comfort food and flavours from his childhood. Photo: Aire

Food & Drink

In coffee and beer country, one quiet German town runs on tea

In Frisia, northwestern Germany, where tea is more popular than beer, tea tasters are keeping a centuries-old culture alive, sampling 300 varieties a day.

5 Feb 2026 - 10:05AM

Health & Wellness

What is cancer ‘prehab’? How patients are getting a head start in recovery

On World Cancer Day on February 4, we look at how cancer prehabilitation helps patients recover more quickly and better handle treatment.

4 Feb 2026 - 12:46PMvideocam

Health & Wellness

For these Hongkongers, walking isn’t just exercise – it’s therapy

For cancer survivors, walking is one of the most accessible and sustainable forms of rehabilitation we learn on World Cancer Day.

4 Feb 2026 - 10:59AM

The Exploring Dogs group on a walk through Tai Tong, Hong Kong, in December, 2025. Founder Stephanie Lown says being outdoors in the fresh air can help ground you and give you a fresh perspective. Photo: Instagram/exploringdogs

Arts

The unicorn has been revered for 4,000 years. It still has us under its spell

From ancient Indus Valley seals to Starbucks cups, the unicorn has long served as a symbol of magic and hope.

4 Feb 2026 - 7:16AM

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Entertainment

Review | All You Need Is Kill: Japanese novel behind Edge of Tomorrow gets animated

A young recruit is stuck in a time loop amid an alien invasion in All You Need Is Kill, an animated sci-fi thriller based on a light novel.

5 Feb 2026 - 9:54AMvideocam

Arts

Strange, disturbing, visceral: Chinese video art pioneer’s new work at Tai Kwun

‘A Day’ by Zhang Peili is a 12-minute, 360-degree visual onslaught meant to resemble the interior of our own social-media-saturated minds.

3 Feb 2026 - 9:07PM

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Chinese Zodiac

How Rats can appease the tai sui in the Year of the Horse 2026

Rats will clash with the tai sui deity in the Year of the Fire Horse. Fortune-teller Tong Pik-ha reveals how they can improve their fortune.

5 Feb 2026 - 10:22AMvideocam

Rats will clash with the tai sui deity in the coming Year of the Horse 2026, but there are things you can do to stave off bad luck. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Wellness

This 17-year-old Hong Kong show jumper is making a name at home and abroad

Fu Ka-ching, daughter of actor Alex Fong, talks about the difficulties in balancing riding and studying and the bond between rider and horse.

4 Feb 2026 - 11:36AM

Food & Drink

6 new Hong Kong coffee shops to welcome the Lunar New Year in February 2026

From a Korean-style cafe to a Japanese toast joint and new branches of cult favourites, there’s a lot to excite coffee lovers this month.

2 Feb 2026 - 5:15PM

Health & Wellness

For these Hongkongers, walking isn’t just exercise – it’s therapy

For cancer survivors, walking is one of the most accessible and sustainable forms of rehabilitation we learn on World Cancer Day.

4 Feb 2026 - 10:59AM

The Exploring Dogs group on a walk through Tai Tong, Hong Kong, in December, 2025. Founder Stephanie Lown says being outdoors in the fresh air can help ground you and give you a fresh perspective. Photo: Instagram/exploringdogs

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Macau’s late-night dining
culture sets the city aglow. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Craving a midnight bite in Macau? The city’s top chefs are here to help

Macau’s top chefs share their favourite post-shift haunts where the city’s culinary roots run deepest – and where inspiration is born.

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Journalist Gonçalo César de Sá at his home in Macau. Photo: Eduardo Leal

His mother stuffed zebras. He broke the biggest story in Macau’s history

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Heidi Lau at M+ in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How a residency in Ireland changed everything for this artist

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Christina Chung rediscovered modelling at the age of 50. She reveals how she survived an abusive father, found love twice and raised seven children. Photo: Abdela M

Profile | She had an abusive dad who tried to light her on fire – but she’s thriving

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Ricardo Pinto. Photo: Carlos Pimentel

He planned to only stay in Macau for a year. Now he runs the literary festival

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Naveen Sadhwani – who also goes by Nick – and his 23-year-old daughter Bianca run a charity dedicated to feeding the homeless and underprivileged in Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak

Meet the father and daughter duo feeding Hong Kong’s forgotten folk

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