A wide range of emotions is on display as students head back to school this week after a long enforced break from the physical classroom due to Covid-19. Mindful of public health concerns, authorities have put in place strict SOPs to circumvent further spread of infection but while some children can't wait to rejoin their friends in school, others may take a while more to adjust.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Harun talks to Dangsuria Zainurdin about his childhood and music, the joy of kampung life, the sorrows of high posts, and the personal toll that comes with it – in this pilot episode of Talk, Now.

With much of the country still subject to restrictions on movements, the traditional lion dance has been far from the spotlight, forcing performers who normally rake in high profits this season to find other means of earning a living.