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We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. British film about Hong Kong immigrants showed grim reality of their new lives
Founded in 1982 as an offshoot of Channel 4, Film4 was committed to reinvigorating British cinema by platforming new voices and exploring complex, contemporary subjects. The 1988 immigration drama Soursweet is a prime example.
2. One final ‘dangerous’ dinner for abandoned floating restaurant in Hong Kong

In 2022, when the Jumbo Floating Restaurant capsized as it was being towed to an undisclosed location, it felt like an important part of Hong Kong’s culinary history sank with it.
3. How many steps should you walk for minimum brain health decline?
Thousands of scientific studies confirm the benefits of walking, one of the most extensively researched forms of physical activity due to its accessibility and broad health impacts.
4. Why Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos loves playing in Hong Kong

Universal fears are the major recurring theme in Scottish art rock band Franz Ferdinand’s 2025 album The Human Fear. But there is nothing fearful about the group’s musical approach as the members get deeply personal and bravely vulnerable.
5. Top 10 travel trends for Hongkongers in 2026, from road trips to ‘romantasy’
Fans of “romantasy”, a literary genre that blends romance and fantasy, find happiness in mythical storybook worlds in which characters do things like slay dragons and hang out in castles, all while finding love at the same time.
6. How to make 2026 the best year of your life? YouTuber Ali Abdaal has answers

Want to know the best way to study? How to find a career that you will genuinely love? How to reset your dopamine levels? How to have a happy relationship? How to get rich? Ali Abdaal probably has answers for you.
7. Could magic mushrooms help us live longer? What Bryan Johnson’s test showed

American entrepreneur turned biohacker Bryan Johnson is no stranger to esoteric self-experiments in the quest to live a longer life, from injecting Botox into his genitals to receiving blood plasma infusions from his teenage son.


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UK film on Hong Kong immigrants, top travel trends for 2026: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Franz Ferdinand’s frontman, lead vocalist and lead guitarist Alex Kapranos remembers a “really, really good” energy with the Hong Kong crowd and loves “how international the audiences tend to be”, especially at Clockenflap, where the band headlined in 2013. Photo: Clockenflap

Sylvia Chang in a still from Soursweet (1988). Film4’s drama about a Hong Kong family trying to make a new life in London was written by Ian McEwan and directed by Mike Newell, and had almost no Chinese people behind the camera.

A one-night-only “Dangerous Dinner” revived an abandoned floating restaurant in Hong Kong. Photo: Bill Brewer, Michelle Raquel and Michael Perini

Franz Ferdinand’s lead vocalist and lead guitarist Alex Kapranos will return to Hong Kong in December with the band to perform at Clockenflap 2025. Photo: Clockenflap

Ali Abdaal, a former doctor who is now a digital creator, entrepreneur and YouTube star, sits at a cafe in Causeway Bay. Abdaal will speak at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Amphitheatre on December 8 to explain how to make 2026 “the best year of your life”. Photo: Nora Tam

Recent research suggests psilocybin, the psychedelic found in magic mushrooms, could prolong life by improving mental health, reducing oxidative stress and improving DNA repair responses. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong’s take on Peking duck, China’s ancient Qing dynasty: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Professional dancers Kyoko and Tzu-Han performed in Fringe Club, Central on October 14. Photo: Sun Yeung

The signature Peking duck at Hong Kong’s Hutong restaurant is flamed and carved at the table. Photo: Hutong

The Qianlong Emperor was the fifth emperor of China’s Qing dynasty, reigning from 1735-1796. Photo: Handout

Ariana Grande (left) and Cynthia Erivo in a still from Wicked: For Good (category: I), directed by Jon M. Chu and co-starring Michelle Yeoh.

Takeshi Kaneshiro (left) and Kelly Chen in a still from quirky Hong Kong romance Anna Magdalena (1998), directed by Yee Chung-man.

Kyoko Wakao (right) and Hsu Tzu-han perform at the Fringe Club in Hong Kong. The city’s tango scene offers connection and community. Photo: Sun Yeung

How Mongol rule changed China, Anthony Wong’s life amid adversity: 7 Lifestyle highlights

A statue of Kublai Khan, China’s first Mongol emperor, in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. The Yuan dynasty brought about big changes in China, but also a big increase in the country’s influence across Eurasia. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong at an interview with the Post in 2019. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Ria Xi shows girls “they can go out and do hard things” on her run on the Sinai Trail in Egypt, in January 2025. Photo: Jack Lawes

One of Sang’s Cantotees T-shirts. Photo: Ant Sang

Junichi Okada in a still from Last Samurai Standing. Photo: Netflix

Black Eyed Peas member Apl.de.ap at his family farm in the Philippines’ Pampanga province. The Grammy-winning musician shows us some of the work he’s doing to support coconut farmers in his homeland, and shares his story. Photo: Kylie Knott

The dark side of agarwood; a canned Hong Kong cocktail: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Joss sticks are burned at a Buddha Bathing Ceremony to commemorate the birth of the Buddha at the Po Lin Monastery in Lantau, Hong Kong, on May 5. Photo: May Tse

Hong Kong mutual fund executive David Lee uses props to do an Iyengar yoga pose. Photo: IYCHK

Chan Koon-tai (centre) in a still from Man of Iron. Photo: courtesy of Shaw Brothers

(From left) Xiu Jian, Li Qinqin and Kelvin Han Yee in a still from A Great Wall (1986), the first American film to be shot and co-produced in China. Photo: Nanhai

Triple X.O.G. pays homage to the whisky and green tea cocktail synonymous with Hong Kong’s karaoke craze in the 1980s to the 2000s. Photo: Triple X.O.G.

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From a floating restaurant’s final ‘dangerous’ dinner to Franz Ferdinand’s Hong Kong gig, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting


From a floating restaurant’s final ‘dangerous’ dinner to Franz Ferdinand’s Hong Kong gig, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.


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UK film on Hong Kong immigrants, top travel trends for 2026: 7 Lifestyle highlights

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1. British film about Hong Kong immigrants showed grim reality of their new lives

From a floating restaurant’s final ‘dangerous’ dinner to Franz Ferdinand’s Hong Kong gig, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting