CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST

Father (later Saint) Joseph Freinademetz, seated, with fellow missionaries From Abtei (now Badia) one of the five Ladin speaking commun...

Sun Yatsen at Loke Yew Hall, 1923 "The people of Hong Kong think of Sun Yat-sen as great even though he failed more than ...

Utterly unique - a Christmas card drawn in the Prisoner of War Camp in Sham Shui Po, during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, sent ...

On 25th December 1941, Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese. The Japanese had been at war with China on and off for fifty years.  For ...

Street Art - for places where "culture" is part of people's lives

Seven Little Fooks (七小福)  a reference to folklore tales about seven kids who bring good luck.  In this case, a group of boys being train...

Sam Hui and Rebu, his wife. photo : Adam Wright Sam Hui : From the Heart of a Drifter 許冠傑 - 浪子心聲, one of the great classics of ...

Rouge 胭脂扣, one of the great films of the Cantonese cinema renaissance, much praised but also much misunderstood.  Rouge is remarkabl...

From Bonnie Wong Teo, who enjoyed Datong, the Chinese Utopia, an opera by  Chan Hing-yun and Evans Chan, part of the Hong Kong Music Ser...

Datong, the Chinese Utopia, grand finale to the Chinese Music Series in London, the biggest ever showcase of Hong Kong culture pres...

Starting the Hong Kong Music Series in London, Music Interflow- a Dialogue of Two Cultures at St John's Smith Square. Presented by t...

Anders Nelsson is a shining example of what people can do when they genuinely integrate with the community around them. Inequality exists...

Perhaps the most unusual musical event in London this summer: Beyond the Senses "One Colour, One Fragrance" (一色一香) where...

Doming Lam, from SCMP Hong Kong music, and indeed most modern Chinese music, might be nowhere were it not for Doming Lam ( 林 樂 培 ), ...

The Empire Theatre in Hong Kong, where Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears did a gig on 3rd February 1956. The programme included songs by ...

Happy New Year from Hong Kong where they know how to party ! Ten minutes of fireworks (countdown video is extra on another clip)

Detective skills :  A photo of the Majestic Theatre, Nathan Road, in Hong Kong, which opened in 1928.  hence the art deco lines in the ...