<![CDATA[South China Morning Post - Life]]> Follow South China Morning Post - Life, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp42 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:43:56 +0200 <![CDATA[‘Against social norms’: David Cronenberg and John Waters among inspirations for Indonesian artist duo who use ghosts and cockroaches to comment on social issues]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqliXM0RWJro8b1naedg1wr Filmmakers David Cronenberg and John Waters are among the inspirations of Indonesian artists Natasha Tontey and Riar Rizaldi, whose show in Hong Kong uses weird imagery to comment on social issues.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:13:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqliXM0RWJro8b1naedg1wr <![CDATA[K-drama The Secret Romantic Guesthouse: Shin Ye-eun leads breezy and undemanding period youth romance]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtp-A4xdnOOhyyejEQ2Mq9rY Shin Ye-eun plays the owner of a guest house where candidates taking the exam for government jobs stay. Thugs menace her over a debt, and a royal regent fears one of her boarders is the rightful heir to his throne.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:00:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtp-A4xdnOOhyyejEQ2Mq9rY <![CDATA[‘I felt the shame for many years’: drag queen Courtney Act ahead of Hong Kong show]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtq-0zyE2k3RrqCY3L745TL_ Australian reality TV star and programme host Courtney Act talks about feeling shame being a drag queen and how a conversation with Cher’s trans son Chaz Bono was a watershed moment.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:15:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtq-0zyE2k3RrqCY3L745TL_ <![CDATA[When Hong Kong welcomed the first extensive Picasso show anywhere in China for 30 years]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtrY-YEtPQK7LOT5HJgy6HUf When an exhibition of 60 Picasso paintings and sculptures opened at Hong Kong’s Heritage Museum, it was ‘the most compre­hensive showcase’ of his work ever seen in the city, and the biggest in China in 30 years.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:15:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtrY-YEtPQK7LOT5HJgy6HUf <![CDATA[Cruise liner adds Kaohsiung and the Penghu Islands to Hong Kong route in anticipation of uptick in passenger demand]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtp23mZOTEnZ_ZVjH6qdYdAk Resorts World One, which will make its inaugural journey from Hong Kong to Taiwan’s main port next month, offers resort-style amenities including a spa, sports facilities, entertainment and dining outlets.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:00:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtp23mZOTEnZ_ZVjH6qdYdAk <![CDATA[Minimal, but modern: an open-plan Hong Kong apartment’s balcony provides a dining area with a view for the entire family to enjoy]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqSuhbNfCABNaCY3L745TL_ Having rented larger apartments for years, a family wanted to stamp an environmentally friendly mark on their newly bought, smaller Hong Kong home – complete with a balcony for alfresco dining.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 06:45:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqSuhbNfCABNaCY3L745TL_ <![CDATA[Bali motorbike ban infuriates foreign tourists – ‘If the scooters are banned I will not be coming back’]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqpzB0TxZgdjXn9ye8UNv30 Tourists and other foreigners have reacted in fury to news that Bali’s authorities plan to ban them from renting motorbikes, instead allowing them to only rent cars from travel agents.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:45:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqpzB0TxZgdjXn9ye8UNv30 <![CDATA[The best milk tea in Hong Kong, seafood that is ‘the stuff of legends’: where a cookbook author and Singaporean former supper club host goes for typhoon shelter crab and duck noodles]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqy31wmEhHY3-T5HJgy6HUf Goz Lee, a Singaporean lawyer, cookbook author and former supper club host, reveals where he goes for typhoon shelter crab, the best place in Hong Kong for milk tea and his pick for claypot rice.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:15:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqy31wmEhHY3-T5HJgy6HUf <![CDATA[‘Like an ocean liner hitting an iceberg’: architect of Regent Hong Kong hotel renovation on having to go back to the drawing board halfway in, and his vision]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpekeigGD14kZVjH6qdYdAk Chi Wing Lo, the architect in charge of the renovation of the Regent Hong Kong hotel, talks to the Post about surprise budget cuts a year into the project, feeling blessed by the pandemic and why the little things matter.]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 01:15:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpekeigGD14kZVjH6qdYdAk <![CDATA[‘Food connects us more than art’: the Asian contemporary artists telling stories through cooking]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpvVhqzzlkm6qCY3L745TL_ Cooking as performance art is nothing new, but contemporary artists in Asia are putting their own spin on it – and finding a receptive audience.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 22:15:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpvVhqzzlkm6qCY3L745TL_ <![CDATA[Soulmate movie review: Korean remake of 2016 Chinese hit, starring Kim Da-mi and Jeon So-nee, is a faithful adaptation set on Jeju Island]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtrl-m8y6DFC3V1cWWor9YPv Quirky, outgoing Mi-so meets pretty, introverted Ha-eun and they become fast friends. A handsome boy tests their friendship. A softer remake of 2016 Chinese hit Soul Mate, this will appeal to a younger audience.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:45:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtrl-m8y6DFC3V1cWWor9YPv <![CDATA[‘They told me I had a big bottom’: Paris Opera’s first black ‘star’ dancer on early discouragement and being proud to be a symbol]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtoAKsCBF3OCvuzdsCmHakzH Guillaume Diop, the 23-year-old first black ‘etoile’ dancer in the Paris Opera, talks about early discouragement and how he’s proud of being a symbol due to his ethnic background.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:15:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtoAKsCBF3OCvuzdsCmHakzH <![CDATA[How Asia’s Best Female Chef 2023 winner Johanne Siy carved her own path, and keeps things ‘very simple’ to fly the flag for Filipino cuisine]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtrFvBNGzzVbquzdsCmHakzH Johanne Siy, winner of Asia’s Best Female Chef 2023, talks about carving her own path in the industry, and championing her native Filipino cuisine through ‘exceptional produce very simply prepared’.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:15:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtrFvBNGzzVbquzdsCmHakzH <![CDATA[Hong Kong International Film Festival 2023: 10 must-see films and programmes, including local hits Mad Fate and Vital Sign]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqDK1yd4xDc0ps0ohxaO6Yr The 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival makes a full return after three years of Covid-19 pandemic disruptions. From Mad Fate and Vital Sign to Aftersun, we pick 10 highlights not to be missed.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:15:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqDK1yd4xDc0ps0ohxaO6Yr <![CDATA[Taiwan’s warning to not drink mainland China’s ‘poison to quench your thirst’ – the story of the phrase recently directed at Honduras]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpNpjaNSGUvycb1naedg1wr Taipei’s warning to Honduras ‘not to drink poison to quench your thirst, and fall into China’s debt trap’ comes from a Chinese idiom about a child prodigy who saved his uncle from prison.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:45:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpNpjaNSGUvycb1naedg1wr <![CDATA[‘Stop and smell the roses’: 5 minutes with Catherine Logue, founder of new bath and body care brand Hibernicis]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpk_ZqwcDglxiejEQ2Mq9rY Catherine Logue recalls the epiphany she had while living on the west coast of Ireland that led her to found bath and body care brand Hibernicis.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:15:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpk_ZqwcDglxiejEQ2Mq9rY <![CDATA[‘Seize the day’: Hong Kong director’s trio of solo theatre, film and art includes showing his paintings in public for the first time]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtq8jNAhA68v0Xn9ye8UNv30 Hong Kong theatre director Tang Shu-wing presents solo theatre, documentary film and paintings all in one go as he tells everyone that if you want to do something and can, do it now.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 06:45:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtq8jNAhA68v0Xn9ye8UNv30 <![CDATA[‘Everyone is generous’: top French chef Yannick Alléno on the colleagues donating their time for sold-out charity dinner honouring his late son Antoine]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqWChbAPIZ8nZVjH6qdYdAk Three-Michelin-star chef Yannick Alléno’s son Antoine was killed in a hit-and-run accident. He and fellow top French chefs will cook a dinner to raise funds for a charity he set up to help accident victims’ families.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 05:15:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtqWChbAPIZ8nZVjH6qdYdAk <![CDATA[HSBC invites Grammy-winner Pharrell Williams to meet its richest Hong Kong clients as it introduces art-finance offering]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtptnfP8yUm25ZVjH6qdYdAk The Grammy winner’s appearance comes ahead of the ‘Wealth for Good’ forum as both private and public sectors push to advance the city as a wealth hub.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 03:30:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtptnfP8yUm25ZVjH6qdYdAk <![CDATA[What’s sexist in the food world nowadays and what isn’t? It’s becoming more difficult to decipher]]> https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpasU01aa70aqCY3L745TL_ From new depictions of domestic bliss to gendered awards categories like Asia’s Best Female Chef, it’s getting harder and harder to define what is and isn’t sexist.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:45:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2KOnOD8wZtpasU01aa70aqCY3L745TL_