Macau Closer March-April 2026 – A Many Splendoured Thing (1952)

My latest column on Macao in popular culture for Macau Closer magazine. This issue it’s Han Suyin’s semi-autobiographical novel (with nods to the later movie – of which some stills below with William Holden and Jennifer Jones as Mark and Han) A Many Splendoured Thing from 1952. For Han Macao, an interesting side trip in the developing romance, is a place for transgression, to escape the social, racial and colonial rigidness and prudity of British Hong Kong for a weekend of gambling, eating, flirtation and lovemaking in the more louche and relaxed Portuguese enclave. Click to read here, or (if you’re in Macao) head to Livraria Portuguesa on rua de São Domingos to buy a hard copy of the magazine.