Why Hong Kong Still Fetishises Its Neon-Lit Past A Magnet for the Aspirational ‘Creative Class’: Inside Marseille’s Art Season ‘Super Nature’ and the Power of Collective Film-Making Dolly Parton’s Aesthetics of Freedom

Opinion Why Hong Kong Still Fetishises Its Neon-Lit Past The authorities are taking down Hong Kong’s once‑iconic neon signs, while theme parks and commercial enterprises are recreating scenes from pre‑1997 life in the former colony. Jaime Chu asks whether it’s time the city stopped pining for the past and concentrated on the present.

Opinion / Diary A Magnet for the Aspirational ‘Creative Class’: Inside Marseille’s Art Season Two end‑of‑summer art fairs in the south of France offered rival takes on the exhibition experience but, as George Macbeth reflects, the atmosphere was at the beach, not in the art spaces.

Opinion ‘Super Nature’ and the Power of Collective Film-Making Ed Sayers’ old‑tech movie about the planet is a reminder of the video camera’s potential as a tool of resistance and testimony, writes Daisy Hildyard.

Opinion Dolly Parton’s Aesthetics of Freedom The musician’s gleeful promotion of her own lowbrow style made it OK for others to embrace their own trashiness, argues critic Nathalie Olah.

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