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Regent Street (above) in London is going to be transformed into a pedestrianised entertainment destination. Photo: SCMP

Travel & Leisure

Eating, shopping and entertainment highlights in London’s Regent Street

Must-visit places on the street include the world’s oldest toy store, the Criterion Theatre and Michel Roux Jnr-helmed tavern The Wigmore.

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50 years of growth and cultural change in London’s Chinatown

25 Mar 2025 - 7:15PM

Arts

Art Week Shenzhen 2025 best exhibitions and events to visit

Those attending Art Basel Hong Kong have many reasons to squeeze in Art Week Shenzhen 2025, from a Jaffa Lam show to the opening of K11 HACC.

25 Mar 2025 - 6:45PM

Doku The Flow, a video installation by Chinese artist Lu Yang, is a highlight of the opening of K11 HACC at K11 Ecoast in Shenzhen, and the video’s first screening in mainland China.

K-drama

Review | Newtopia, zombie romcom with Blackpink’s Jisoo, misses the mark

The Korean zombie subgenre has rules, and creators break them at their peril. Newtopia is stylish, but its tone is off and it lacks tension.

25 Mar 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

Less rebellion, more depression and apathy. Welcome to punk in China today

As the Chinese punk scene soldiers on, bands increasingly perform to relieve pressure and release negativity, one insider says.

25 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM

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Entertainment

Review | In 1st Kiss, Japanese time-travel romance, Takako Matsu woos a younger man

Director Ayuko Tsukahara’s story follows a woman (Takako Matsu) who travels back in time to save her marriage and her husband’s life.

25 Mar 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

Hokuto Matsumura as Kakeru (left) and Takako Matsu as Kanna in a still from 1st Kiss.

Food & Drink

Profile | ‘If you survive, you’ve succeeded,’ says chef on hard-to-please Hong Kong

Daisuke Mori was sad to close Michelin-star restaurant Takumi, but relishes the freedom of cooking for members at private club Carlyle & Co.

25 Mar 2025 - 12:52PM

Health & Wellness

Here is why literally keeping your cool might help you live longer

Reducing body temperature by entering a torpor-like state, like hibernation in animals, could keep you younger, a study in mice suggests.

25 Mar 2025 - 4:15AM

Arts

Artist Sarah Sze on her first Asia solo exhibition in Hong Kong

The celebrated US artist is showing her large, dramatic multimedia and layered artworks at Gagosian gallery in Hong Kong.

25 Mar 2025 - 11:15AM

Detail from Sarah Sze’s Everlasting (2025), part of her solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Photo: Enid Tsui

Fashion & Beauty

Chinese can’t get enough of Laopu Gold, country’s ‘Hermès of gold’

Its sales soaring despite upping prices, Laopu Gold finds a ready market in China for its contemporary designs. Can it do the same overseas?

24 Mar 2025 - 7:15AM

Gold necklaces sit in a display case at a Laopu Gold jewellery store in Beijing. Chinese jewellers have struggled to threaten global luxury players – until now. Photo: Reuters

Travel & Leisure

Mammoths, bison in prehistoric cave art French keep under wraps

Hundreds of carvings of prehistoric animals, and women, line a cave in southwest France. For 4 weeks a year researchers are let in to map it.

25 Mar 2025 - 3:15PM

Travel & Leisure

French Polynesian cruise shows every storm cloud has a silver lining

Cruise passengers forced off course by storms get a rare glimpse of the Marquesas Islands before the weather breaks for a postcard finish.

25 Mar 2025 - 7:40AM

Food & Drink

On Google Maps, actor Nicholas Tse lists go-to places to eat in Hong Kong

‘Chef Nic’s Choice’ list of places to eat in Hong Kong on Google Maps’ Shared List Feature runs the gamut from comfort food to sushi.

24 Mar 2025 - 6:49PM

Google Maps asked Hong Kong actor and singer Nicholas Tse to list his favourite places to eat in Hong Kong using its new Shared List Feature, as the app marks its 20th anniversary. Tse will perform at the city’s new stadium in April. Photo: Google Maps

Food & Drink

Take a hammer to a US$48,000 whisky? Scotch distiller’s smashing gimmick

Amid a dip in the rare whisky market, The Glenrothes has made its exclusive The 51 single malt ‘effectively impossible to resell’.

24 Mar 2025 - 6:15PM

The Glenrothes The 51 comes with a flathead hammer for buyers to smash the outer packaging with. Photo: The Glenrothes

Arts

Spider sculptor Louise Bourgeois’ inner world revealed in Hong Kong show

Hauser & Wirth’s exhibition of Louise Bourgeois is a deep dive into how the late artist’s fascination with the human body inspired her art.

24 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM

Health & Wellness

Surfing psychologist shares sport’s benefits, questions Hong Kong ban

‘Surfing saved my life,’ a surfer told Hong Kong researcher Judith Blaine. She asks why the city bans a sport that benefits health.

23 Mar 2025 - 9:18AMvideocam

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Health & Wellness

How to beat insomnia and get a good night’s sleep

A sleep expert and recovering insomniac offers advice on World Sleep Day for people who lie awake at night worrying about not resting.

14 Mar 2025 - 4:15AMvideocam

Sleep restriction requires going to bed late, or later than usual, and getting up early. You might begin with just five-and-a-half-hours in bed and work up to six until you’ve found the optimum sleep amount for you.
Photo: Shutterstock — Sleep restriction requires going to bed late, or later than usual, and getting up early. You might begin with just five-and-a-half-hours in bed and work up to six until you’ve found the optimum sleep amount for you. Photo: Shutterstock

K-drama

8 of the best new K-drama series to watch in March 2025

From IU’s turn as a rebellious Jeju island youth to a drama directed by Parasite co-writer Han Jin-won, here are the shows not to miss.

4 Mar 2025 - 8:11PMvideocam

Health & Wellness

Aiming to live long? Dos and don’ts from 5 longevity experts

Professors, a surgeon and a scientist on how to feel young and healthy for as long as possible, mentally as well as physically.

6 Mar 2025 - 1:09PMvideocam

Health & Wellness

10 things about dementia to ask a doctor to keep your brain healthy

Dementia risk factors range from mental health to diet. Ask your doctor about them to help you slow down or prevent the onset of disease.

17 Mar 2025 - 10:58AMvideocam

Doctors should be able to answer your questions about dementia. Photo: Shutterstock

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ComplexCon Hong Kong 2025 unveils a star-studded music lineup featuring headliners Metro Boomin and Zico. Photo: ComplexCon

ComplexCon Hong Kong announces Metro Boomin and Zico as 2025 headliners

A meeting of American and Asian hip-hop, the concerts also feature Quavo, Hong Kong favs MC Jin and Jace, and South Korea’s Changmo and B.I.

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Tilda Swinton hits Hong Kong to make the case for film preservation and praise the magic of old cinema. Photo: Courtesy of Chanel

Tilda Swinton brings star power to a conversation on classic Hong Kong films

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NJZ, formerly NewJeans, are coming to ComplexCon Hong Kong

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Angela Wu, associate professor at HKUST’s division of life science, and department of chemical and biological engineering. Photo: TMT

She tried several careers but found her niche in genetic sequencing

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