Yours truly is quite a movie buff and watched some 100 movies a year during the university days, many being non-mainstream ones not shown in cinemas but by film clubs in studios with only 20-30 viewers present. Even though the degree of passion is different now, watching movies is still a favourite past time. And it has to be in cinemas. Many will opt to do it via cell phones or laptops at home, in the office or even en route to work in a bus or train. That’s convenient. You start, and stop,...

Football (sorry…not “soccer” as we die-hards think there to be only one type of “football”) is without a doubt the most popular spectator sport across the World. For us in Hong Kong, after enjoying, and for supporters of certain teams, enduring, a long season, with the drama of the UEFA Champion League Final still sinking in, will it be too much of a good thing as World Cup 2026 is to kick-off in less than two weeks? Football has become such a big business too. There are more than a few...

Husband and wife Herbert and Dorothy Vogel were not wealthy but both passionate about art. He didn’t finish high school and worked as a postal clerk. She came from a middle-class family, got a Master degree in library science and was a librarian in the Brooklyn Public Library. They were young aspiring artists and learned to paint in the early 1960’s after they got married. That led to art appreciation and collecting. Dorothy’s earning would support their very modest costs of living while...