Back in March, guests entering Paris’ iconic Grand Palais for the Chanel autumn/winter 2025 collection were met with a set shaped around a black ribbon – both a sign of things to come and an homage to one of the house’s many enduring codes. This stylish motif was celebrated and re-envisaged throughout the runway alongside…
Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 3) Finnish schools have introduced controversial new rules. Students returning from summer break will need to be mindful of their electronic devices. Finland had long been known for its high-quality schooling. But the Nordic country’s rating recently fell in a ranking that measured how well 15-year-olds knew mathematics, reading and writing, and…
Some Chinese universities appear to have distanced themselves from a US researcher invited to their events, after social media users in China took aim at his past remarks on Xinjiang and demanded an explanation from the institutes. The latest in the line of fire is Central South University in Changsha, Hunan province. It has faced…
Designer Raechel “Rae” Temily tells me a funny story about how her eponymous womenswear brand came to be. “A year before I launched, I was wearing one of the very first prototypes of a [Temily] jumpsuit and ended up in the elevator with Gabriela Hearst,” she remembers. Her creation caught the designer’s eye and elicited…
Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has reported a 15.7 per cent drop in recurrent-business profit to HK$3.39 billion in the first six months of this year from the same period in 2024 due to higher operating costs. After taking into consideration property gains and losses from a one-off revaluation of investment properties, the…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 53-year-old man for allegedly providing his information to a fraud syndicate to create a rented ride-hailing account and are searching for three other suspects, following a passenger’s complaint about a driver without a Hong Kong ID card. Police Superintendent Li Muk-yik, who called the syndicate’s behaviour “extremely despicable”, said…
This weekend, Hong Kong’s dining scene is stuffed with unique options. You can enjoy an exquisite six-hands feast celebrating seasonal wild mushrooms, a sumptuous Indian buffet in honour of India’s national day, or an innovative afternoon tea that blends fine dining with bespoke fragrances. Whether savouring the rich and earthy flavours of Yunnan fungi or…
Hong Kong police have arrested a motorist who hid in a hotel room for five days after allegedly hitting three vehicles, injuring another driver, while fleeing from a roadblock. The man, 30, was detained in connection with seven offences including furious driving and drug trafficking, Chief Inspector Law Chin-hon said on Saturday. The suspect is…
Smoke grenades, live animals and fresh meat are among the heavily regulated items readily available on mainland Chinese e-commerce sites for delivery to Hong Kong despite an official crackdown, the Post has found. Listings on Taobao and Pinduoduo have been subject to increased scrutiny following the arrest last month of a 13-year-old Hongkonger who allegedly…
With watches as technically and aesthetically groundbreaking as those made by Richard Mille, extremely limited editions are an inevitability. That makes a trusted supplier of pre-owned Richard Mille watches a must-visit resource for fans of the boundary-pushing Swiss luxury watch brand, who are sure to be beating a path to the newly opened Value of…