For decades, Hong Kong’s film industry has cultivated an extraordinary roster of female screen warriors, defying the city’s historically conservative gender roles. From 1960s icon Cheng Pei-pei – known as the “Queen of Swords” – to the globally recognised Michelle Yeoh, the city’s male-dominated studios have consistently given women the chance to fight just as hard as the men in their fabled martial arts films. This offers an interesting comparison to Hollywood. The United States has produced...
Read full articleOne might not expect British fashion designer Kim Jones, a figure synonymous with modern luxury, to highlight reptiles as one of his earliest memories of Hong Kong. “I love Hong Kong, the weird side of it and the fact that there are king cobras that live here, and different snakes and the sort of things which most people probably get terrified of,” the 53-year-old says. Jones first visited Hong Kong after joining Dunhill as its creative director in 2008, visiting regularly in the late 2000s to...
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Lily Mo Sheen, daughter of Michael Sheen and Kate Beckinsale, knows how to steal the spotlight. The 27-year-old actress turned heads at the Los Angeles premiere of Sense and Sensibility on October 7, effortlessly channelling Jane Austen in a white silk slip dress that she paired with black Tabi footwear. In March, Lily attended the Elton John Aids Foundation’s 34th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party in West Hollywood, California, wearing a semi-sheer strapless beaded gown. Last December, she...
The 'You Must Remember This' host would hike Laurel Canyon, catch a 35mm film screening and linger over Italian food.
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At the 2026 Jakarta Biennale, visitors can plant cassava in moist soil. An evocative soundscape, including the calls of threatened birds-of-paradise, fills the air. Paintings made with natural pigments on tree bark hang on the walls. The installation by Papua-based artist collective Alyakha Kolektif draws attention to illegal gold mining and excessive logging that are damaging the environment in Indonesia’s Sentani region. The cassava planting, which continues until late October, is intended as...
Once a week, the market comes alive in Zhenning, Guizhou. A place where countless people, including those on the Long March, traveled through in the past, today in Zhenning people browse the stalls, shop for everyday essentials, catch up with neighbors and exchange news.
Once a formidable challenge along the Long March, the Wumeng Mountains in Guizhou now welcome visitors for the Torch Festival.
These spectacular ski resorts boast breathtaking mountain scenery, world-class runs and luxurious Alpine hideaways.
A vacation begins long before a suitcase is packed. It begins in an ordinary moment: a tiring afternoon, a conversation with a friend, a photograph of somewhere unfamiliar. Suddenly, the mind moves beyond its immediate surroundings. We imagine waking without an alarm, sharing an unhurried meal or standing somewhere that makes our everyday concerns feel smaller. Planning a vacation gives that imagined life a date, a destination and the possibility of becoming real.
Breaking Travel News Editor-in-Chief Justin Cooke sat down for an exclusive conversation with Dr Abdulla Niyaz, the Maldives’ Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation, to discuss the destination’s response to the Middle East crisis and the ambitions shaping its next chapter.