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Melissa Tedone, assistant professor of library and archives conservation at the University of Delaware, in the United States, holds a copy of Marmion, a Victorian-era book with a vibrant green, arsenic-based binding. Photo: Getty Images

Poison books: Hong Kong joins the search for Victorian-era arsenic-laced tomes

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American violinist and singer-songwriter Charles Yang. Photo: Jingyu Lin
A visitor takes in Kristina Sretkova’s 3D-effect Universal Love at last year’s edition of the Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong Photo: Dickson Lee
Sumela Monastery, in Trabzon province, Turkey. Photo: Getty Images
The “Dial-A-Poem Hong Kong” exhibition at M+. Photo: M+
The Reverend Will Newman, chaplain of Hong Kong’s St John’s Cathedral and priest-in-charge of St Stephen’s Chapel, in Hong Kong's Stanley district. Photo: Alexander Mak
Lyricist, playwright and director Jia Ding. Photo: courtesy Opera Hong Kong
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A scene from “Hong Kong Story”, a new permanent exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of History. Photo: Elson Li
This week, PostMag takes on an emerald brilliance with a cover designed to look like a “poison book” and stories destined to get under your skin. Illustration by Naomi Chan. Photo: Getty Images
Children play on an iron climbing frame in the new Wah Fu Estate, 1968. Photo: SCMP Archives
Students learn how to make watches at the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Studies, in Kowloon Tong, in 1999, when the process of manufacturing moving from Hong Kong to mainland China was well underway. Photo: May Tse
New Zealand’s Dallas Seymour powers his way through the mud as his team faces Hong Kong at the 1992 Cathay Pacific-Hongkong Bank Invitation Sevens at Hong Kong Stadium. The All Blacks won, obviously. Photo: SCMP Archives
Zizi, a Chinese participant performing fire spinning at “Shambhala in Your Heart” festival. Photo: David Frazier

Chinese youths swap the rat race for fun and freedom at Thailand’s hippie Shambhala festival

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The north elevation of the completed building as seen from Statue Square. Photo: Ian Lambot
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The Repulse Bay’s Easter campaign features a host of activities. Photo: courtesy The Repulse Bay
Cathay Pacific 747 with Lion Rock and Kowloon Walled City (1989), by Greg Girard. Photo: courtesy Greg Girard and WKM Gallery
Bryn Terfel, the bass-baritone. Photo: Rolex/Elisa Haberer
Tiger Mok, a solo finisher of the Rolex China Sea Race 2026. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Multimedia artist Lap-see Lam draws inspiration from her multicultural background. Photo: Mattias Lindbäck
Hong Kong artist Gamzar in his To Kwa Wan studio. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Hong Kong sculptor Gamzar turns iron and bamboo into art

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