Author: Vanessa Moore
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Artifacts | Coal lumps for Christmas
Now it’s December, the fairy lights are up in Senado Square and you can almost taste Christmas in the air. Well not quite. Macau’s winter breezes ... -
Hengqin development | Architect unveils urban design project for southern reclamation zone
Living in Macau, we invariably have questions about what’s happening over the border in Hengqin. The redevelopment of the neighboring island is a hot topic ... -
MDT Exclusive | The one and only Bon Jovi to rock Cotai next weekend
The title of his most famous hit may indeed be “Livin’ On A Prayer” and fortuitously for the region’s Jon Bon Jovi fans, by a ... -
Artifacts | Small eats
The old saying, “The way to my heart is through my stomach” accurately sums up the way I feel about China. Famed for its “small eats” ... -
Artifacts | Tehran and a tale of the topsy turvy
Like the oil wells this pariah Persian state is most dependent on, Iran’s population erupted in spontaneous celebrations last month following the signing of the long-awaited ... -
Artifacts | Rise of the geeks
Famous for its bespectacled geeks welded to their laptops, smartphones and video games, it’s obvious to everyone living here that Asia’s currently undergoing somewhat of a ... -
Food & drink | Queen of Riesling
It’s always been every little girl’s dream to become a princess, but in Germany things are done slightly differently. Instead of wanting to be a regular ... -
Artifacts | Migration invasion
The plot smacks more of a grisly Hollywood horror film than a real life news story: stormy seas, boats adrift, traffickers brandishing weapons, starvation… disaster. But ... -
Artifacts: Game of votes
It was like a real life episode of Game of Thrones. Five contenders but only one title. The winner stood to take all – the title ... -
Health and fitness| The art of being lazy
It’s the ultimate in efficiency. The art of being lazy. That’s astonishingly what renowned fitness trainer and movement specialist Edward Yu is hoping to teach the ... -
Artifacts: Sex dolls, strippers and… golf
Morals are a funny thing in China these days. Take the corrupt ‘naked’ official’s standard weekend. Saturday night was never so good as when it was ... -
Famed sculptress Joana Vasconcelos debuts at MGM
Fresh from her success representing Portugal at the 55th Venice Biennale, internationally renowned Portuguese contemporary artist Joana Vasconcelos will bring her seductive and subversive large-scale sculptures ... -
Artifacts: #I AM KENJI
When I woke up on Sunday to read that the Islamic State had beheaded freelance reporter Kenji Goto, it sent a shiver down my spine knowing ... -
Dr Dalila, Macau’s cosmetic beauty queen
Imagine an ice cube on your forehead. Now imagine that the center of the ice heats up while the outside remains agreeably cold. This is ... -
Irish minister and new consul arrive on first ever visit
Situated on almost opposite sides of the world, at first glance it might not seem like there’s much in common between Macau and Ireland. But actually ... -
Artifacts: Keeping it in the family
It’s that time of year again where Christmas has gone and Chinese New Year is coming up, and whether Western or Chinese, most of us will ... -
Artifacts: The real China dream
While I was getting a foot massage in Zhuhai over the long weekend, as I was chatting with one of my friends a travel show was ... -
Rod Stewart tribute band to start resident show at Venetian next Spring
In the next few decades the original rockers who brought us the best of rock’n’roll will no longer be around to play live and in the ... -
Artifacts: Paying for pink
When people ask me what living in Macau is like, invariably questions about whether I gamble and like to watch boxing (especially after last weekend’s Pacquiao-Algieri ... -
Artifacts: The Sushi Senkaku paradox
For all those fans of American TV shows out there, just in case you were thinking it, yes I do realise that the title of this ... -
The secret of record success
On a balmy autumn night in a sleepy island village somewhere in the South China Sea, all is not what it seems. The familiar bucolic rustling ... -
Our Desk | The young crusaders
For almost two weeks, tens of thousands of Hongkongers – many of them students – have descended onto the streets to peacefully protest China’s limitations on ... -
Our Desk | Breaking up is hard to do
It’s not only teenagers and twentysomethings who like to post their relationship status on Facebook. Countries are doing it too. Last week’s Scottish referendum caught the ... -
Our Desk: Psychology 101
Last week one of the news stories coming out of China that caught my attention was a rather shocking report that officials in Karamay City in ... -
MDT INTERVIEW: David Beckham, ambassador for SCL and football: “It was an easy role for me to get involved in”
As one of the most recognized faces on the planet, football star David Beckham shows no sign of letting up now that he’s retired from the ... -
MUSIC: From Mao to Macau, Philadelphia Orchestra bridges cultural divide
The Philadelphia Orchestra has long been an important cultural ambassador for the United States, first visiting China during the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution in 1973. ...
