Kate Whitehead

Hedley Thomas, investigative journalist and author, talks about corrupt cops, marrying in Hong ...

Max Johnson, 21 years younger than his half-brother, the former British prime minister, speaks ...

It’s never too late to start exercising, says Andrei Iwanowitsch, who was in his 80s before bec ...

Research has shown that looking at art that we consider beautiful triggers the same pleasurable ...

A pet dying can be as traumatic as losing a family member, especially when not everyone underst ...

Yeewan Koon revived Chinese art history courses at the University of Hong Kong, advises top ar ...

Cammie Wolf Rice shares her struggle to make sense of losing her son to opioids in her new book, an ...

From feeling anxious and frustrated to irritable and even aggressive, extreme heat can affect our m ...

Raymond Yang co-founded NGO Just Feel to train schools and families in compassionate communication. ...

Elderly-care homes in Hong Kong lost 20 to 50 per cent of their residents to Covid-19 during the fi ...

Jami Gong, founder of the first full-time comedy club in Asia, TakeOut Comedy, talks about growing ...

A mother who gave birth in a Hong Kong public hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic recalls a lack ...

Derek Currie, one of the first Europeans to play professional football in Hong Kong, came to the ci ...

2023 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Mahbouba Seraj recalls growing up in Afghanistan’s ‘best years’, exi ...

Face-mask wearing during the pandemic affected young children in various ways, from stunting speech ...

A date changed Rabi Yim’s life forever – the man who had just professed his love for her crashed hi ...

‘My mother was a typical Asian parent. She lost her dream because of the Cultural Revolution,’ says ...

‘In Hong Kong, they put cable ties on the bus to and from the hotel … Everyone was borderline depr ...

In 2019 Massimo Gavina learned he had stage 4 cancer. ‘I don’t want to die before I see my child ge ...

After Jennifer Bovard Kende’s son Ben suffered a devastating rugby accident in 2010, she went throu ...

Jeff Rotmeyer grew up in Canada, excelled at sports as a child, then moved to teach English in Kore ...

Clinical psychologist Ella Tsang struggled with depression and anxiety in her teens and saw a numbe ...

When Yuyu Kitamura returned to Hong Kong from New York, she struggled with how lonely she felt ...

The founder of Hong Kong’s Drum Jam tells Kate Whitehead about growing up in a controlling home ...

Workplace stress was already on the rise, and the pandemic made it worse. Yet only 5 per cent o ...

Former FCC President Florence de Changy’s trenchant investigations point to a secret cargo, an abor ...

Septime Webre speaks to Kate Whitehead about growing up in the Bahamas and turning his back on ...

Former jockey turned triathlete and ultramarathon runner Jo Lodder, 50, broke his collarbone in ...

A fall on a beach left Animals Asia charity founder Jill Robinson with a fractured vertebra and ...

While we should be grateful for our efficient trace and test system, restrictions remain dracon ...

The Nike Master Trainer and fashion, jewellery and furniture designer talks about her upbringin ...

Goodwin fell in love with Hong Kong when she first visited the city, in 1968, and relocated a y ...

Upon receiving the devastating news, Ann Pearce says she knew she had to do something. She foun ...

Hong Kong is the epicentre of the global shark fin trade and accounts for about 40 per cent of ...

Art in all its forms is therapeutic and can be used as a way to channel pain and suffering into ...

Mental health charity is offering free remote guidance sessions for Hongkongers whose mental we ...

Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Carmen Yau is a sex rights advocate for people with disabilities ...

Getting over the shock of losing your job takes time, and perhaps professional help. It could b ...

Missing mum: My dad was a British Royal Air Force squadron leader and I was born in an RAF ...

I miss travelling. It has been 13 weeks and three days since my last trip and I’m in withdrawal ...

At the quiet end of Gough Street, in Hong Kong’s Central district, stands a pocket-sized shop e ...

When Jimmy’s Kitchen closes its doors at the end of this month many will mourn the loss of one ...

Gilly Strauss has been in the diamond business for more than 20 years. He was a founding member ...

They man the merchant ships that keep global trade flowing, but coronavirus restrictions mean thous ...

Paul Zimmerman had planned to spend his Easter holiday kicking back at the Blues Festival in Au ...

How Contagion Works by Paolo Giordano Weidenfeld & Nicolson 5/5 stars The coron ...

Hotlines around the world have seen a surge in the number of domestic abuse calls as countries ...

Sitting on a beach over the Christmas holiday, Matt Friedman excitedly discussed the upcoming l ...

As the coronavirus spreads around the world, sending billions of people into lockdown, communit ...

We’ve been hearing a lot about deep cleaning. When the last passengers and crew on the Diamond ...

For people around the world who have shelved their travel plans and are spending more time indo ...

The panic buying seen in the past few weeks as people rush to stock up on essentials during the ...

The Eyes of Darkness, a 1981 thriller by bestselling suspense author Dean Koontz, tells of a Ch ...

It’s twilight on the Morning Trail and there is a steady stream of hikers heading up the windin ...

An expert, herself one half of a dual-career couple, spent six years interviewing couples around th ...

It’s quite safe to be in Hong Kong, though if you want to wear face masks you had best bring them w ...

The peace activist and international speaker recounts how she was torn from her happy childhood in ...

Their simple life in harmony with nature is vanishing, but a social enterprise using nomads as guid ...

Carbon offsetting schemes allow people and companies to invest in projects that reduce greenhouse g ...

TRE, or tension and trauma releasing exercises, help trigger neurogenic tremors that allow the body ...

Sedaris, an author and long-time contributor to The New Yorker, says he is trying to avoid becoming ...

James Asquith holds the Guinness World Record as the youngest person to visit every country in the ...

Portugal’s capital is one of Europe’s hottest hotspots and now it has a high-end hotel to match ...

Miriam Lancewood honed her survival skills on the road in Asia and bush-bashing on New Zealand’s So ...

The American filmmaker and explorer is featured in the new film Women of Impact The day the musi ...

The Race For Water Odyssey vessel uses solar energy and hydrogen technologies and is midway through ...

Whether you are with your long-term partner or a new lover, the mundanity of daily life can put a d ...

Why Hong Kong's high rollers count on blacklisted blackjack player Michael Board On track I ...

Demonstrators reject a gesture by the territory’s leaders as too little too late and are planni ...

‘I grew up in Britain, but I’m entirely Asian’ he says, explaining his affinity with Hong Kong and ...

Democracy campaigners threw petrol bombs after defying a ban on a march to mark the anniversary ...

In November last year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced the birth of the world’s first gene-e ...

Developmental trauma is a term used to describe childhood trauma such as emotional abuse, physi ...

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong’s ‘manifesto for global democracy’ to be launched in 2020 by British ...

Biomarkers are indexes in the body that scientists agree quantify ageing and tell us how far aw ...

Next-level yoga: the secrets of Tibetan yoga explained, from tantric sex to redirecting dreams F ...

A group of artists are using art to immortalise the summer of unrest that is gripping the city ...

Landlord has not renewed the Italian Restaurant's lease, amid plans for the live music venue to ...

Nature therapy, such as forest bathing – mindfully walking through nature – can help to reprogr ...

The American scholar and conservationist recalls how a picture of a footprint in a newspaper sp ...

Twenty years after abhorrent killing that capped the violent 1990s, we look at whether the rash ...

The editor of online news site Rappler and a Time magazine person of the year in 2018 talks to ...

Philippe Grelon passed on his passion for sailing to his family, especially his youngest son, C ...

A toolkit for coping with job’s physical and psychological strains is the souvenir to take away ...

Landlord has not renewed the celebrated Italian restaurant’s lease, amid plans for the Central venu ...

Former BBC reporter Andrew Shaw gave up his career in journalism and life in England to become ...

The former professional footballer, who will play for Liverpool FC Legends against Borussia Dor ...

Daniel Herszberg, 26, is aiming to become the youngest Australian to visit every country, but s ...

Robbie Stamp recalls a brutal period of his life when he lost his firm, his father and his frie ...

Places such as Hong Kong that accepted refugees benefited from admitting highly motivated people wh ...

Mainland Chinese spending has cemented Hong Kong’s position as Asia’s most important luxury hub, bu ...

The musical artist found fame after his songs appeared on television shows and streaming servic ...

Anyone over a certain height is at risk of losing an eye in the city If you’re five foot eig ...

Rise programme focuses on bringing women into a safe environment to work through their substanc ...

More than half the Hong Kong workforce is made up of women, but they are not well represented a ...

After meeting and befriending director Bernardo Bertolucci, Basil Pao was offered a part in The ...

Dr Ramesh Pattni has been researching psychological techniques embedded in ancient spiritual te ...

Travel à la Carte stores everything needed for a trip in one central place and includes a multi ...

Transformative travel enables people to break away from the stresses of modern life by finding eco- ...

The Cabin in Chiang Mai offers a rehab programme for young male addicts but, at US$15,000 a month, ...

Osborne is the brains behind novels such as the Ballad of a Small Player and Hunters in the Dark, ...

The Sydney-born chef also reveals how he fell in love with ‘heady, delicious, exotic’ Bangkok, and ...

Budapest-born literary agent Eva Koralnik recalls the 1944 Nazi invasion of Hungary that ended her ...

The travel industry wants to cash in on the rise of short-haul travellers in Asia. One company has l ...

A chance invitation to French ethno-historian Françoise Pommaret to visit the Himalayan kingdom in ...

The Australia-based American academic Kevin Carrico, who has researched tensions between Hong Kong a ...

A frequent ‘cattle class’ traveller says its time to introduce women-only seating sections on planes ...

Yossi Alpher talks about why he has two passports – American and Israeli – and says that he believes ...

How anxiety led pair to cannabis, coke, Xanax and rehab as teens. Both students were taking ketamine ...

Chinese orphan takes on Hong Kong role at her adoptive mother's childcare foundation. Jenny Bowen ad ...

Paul French has published two books this year: City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir and Destination Shang ...

China's Greater Bay Area (GBA) has the potential to be an economic powerhouse, and government, busin ...

Why does Duterte dislike the Catholic Church? How did the privileged son of a provincial oligarch de ...

Artists featured in a new book by curator Barbara Pollack were all born after Mao Zedong’s death and ...

Following the death of her mother and the break-up of her marriage, the author embarked on a life-ch ...

In town for the Hong Kong Literary Festival, the British psychoanalyst, writer and activist talks ab ...

Author Lindsay Varty travelled across the city to talk to artisans working in trades that are fast d ...

India-born human rights advocate was sold into slavery as a child. Now she works to end the trade in ...

Hongkonger Anthony Lau, National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year in 2016, has some simple ...

Ian Wishart, chief executive of the Fred Hollows Foundation, discusses the global eye-health organis ...

Chien-Chi Chang talks about the slow process of joining the elite agency and how he came to shoot a ...

Hong Kong-based entrepreneur and tycoon Allan Zeman FCPA isn’t shy and is quick to spot opportunity ...

The One Heavyweight World Champion talks about everyday violence, growing up brown in the black-and- ...

Natasha Clausen talks about meeting the love of her life on a plane and why she and her pilot husban ...

Bond’s list includes a book about a mountaineering tragedy that her friends thought she was mad to r ...

Patti Waldmeir, the Financial Times correspondent and author of ‘Chinese Lessons: An American mother ...

Fritz Demopoulos might be a huge science-fiction fan but only one novel from the genre made it onto ...

In one of the coldest regions in the world, the Sami have survived harsh elements of nature and even ...

After a lifetime of being asked, ‘Where are you from?’, Alison Choy Flannigan decided to find out; a ...

From surveillance planes to witch doctors, conservationists and park rangers in KwaZulu-Natal, South ...

Marco Ferrarese talks about the sense of adventure that brought him to Asia and why contemporary tra ...

Peel Street Poetry founder Nashua Gallagher’s list is a mixed bag of literary gems, from a Jane Aust ...

Many of those who visit the Arctic are after once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The Northern Lights ran ...

The ‘most stunning book’ she’s ever read, the ultimate love story, the book that helped her choose f ...

British journalist Isambard Wilkinson, inspired by his Indian grandmother’s tales of life before par ...

From Stephen King to his literary hero George Orwell, bookshop owner Albert Wan has a broad palette. ...

On the Homegrown Foods founder’s list is the book that opened his eyes to how food choices affect th ...

Ireland’s Brian O’Driscoll, South Africa’s Jean de Villiers and Hong Kong adventurer Annabelle Bond ...

Among Chan Ho-kei’s favourite books are the detective series that encouraged him to start writing an ...

A hot sauna and a cool pavilion are the starting points for an architectural dialogue about public s ...

Mark Daly’s interest in the legal aspects of Nelson Mandela’s fight against injustice and the mind o ...

From Spanish classic Don Quixote to an Argentinian comic strip to Tai-Pan – the novel that convinced ...

Consul general’s picks includes an award-winning book on the Rwandan genocide, a collection of poetr ...

Known for their edgy and erotic images, Nic and Becky Gaunt, who will exhibit at Hong Kong’s Afforda ...

Mother’s Choice CEO Eyres longs for a meaningful life and her favourite books encompass themes of so ...

Tong’s growing interest in US history as he gets older is reflected in his list of favourite books, ...

Former Hong Kong interior minister will plead guilty in New York, veteran criminal defence lawyer Ro ...

Margolis has gained wealth of knowledge after decades of working across China and Europe as a diplom ...

Nigel Collett’s book answers the big questions surrounding the scandal of John MacLennan’s death in ...

From remarkable autobiographies he hopes to pass down to his children to thought-provoking works of ...

From inspirational leadership tomes to advice on how to raise his daughter, the favourite books of D ...

Grassroots Pantry founder’s favourite books are ones that have given her peace of mind, helped her d ...

British pop star whose family fled war-torn Kosovo when she was seven, is thrilled to be touring aga ...

Bobby Lee, who co-founded a cryptocurrency trader, explains the very different ways they are viewed ...

Thirty-eight years ago this week, John MacLennan died of gunshot wounds; a public inquiry heard clai ...

A 2018 guide Macau's casinos have seen some tough times in recent years, but take a walk alon ...

With its restored Ming and Qing dynasty villas, and peaceful contemplation gardens, luxurious Amanya ...

This is a children’s emergency, says former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, of the 600 ...

Pulitzer Prize winner ponders the burden for only children of caring for their elderly parents, and ...

Multifaceted Chinese-American author describes his unique path to a career that has brought professi ...

A city impossible not to fall in love with Spend any amount of time in Venice and its canals, ...

The romance of train travel maintains its timeless lure Long-haul train travel is back in vog ...

The author, a former editor of the Post, tells Hong Kong literary festival audience the potential fo ...

Dapiran covered Article 23, the government’s campaign of ‘lawfare’ and the expulsion of pro-democrac ...

Korean American recalls growing up speechless and confused in New York, and says how hurt she’s been ...

The Wangs vs. the World author, who appeared at the 2017 Hong Kong International Literary Festival, ...

Wild Swans author, who appeared at the 2017 Hong Kong International Literary Festival, still has mix ...

The situation got so bad at last weekend’s event that one Myanmese writer stood up during a gala din ...

Duncan Clark, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker and author of Alibaba: The House that Jack M ...

Patrick Vanhoebrouck, resident anthropologist at the Amanjiwo resort, talks about discovering the se ...

The roaring success of the 1994 film was followed by years of bad luck that included a near-fatal sk ...

Boycott of next month’s Irrawaddy Literary Festival announced by one guest over Muslim minority huma ...

Website founder says that single men tend to receive more digital “winks” the higher their salary, w ...

Once performed only for royalty, and now championed by a prince and a princess, Cambodian classical ...

Ever more Spanish people are being drawn to the city as interest in the country’s food, culture and ...

Harvard’s Dr John Park tells Hong Kong audience intelligence shows sanctions against North Korea hav ...

The application of technology in financial services has risen dramatically in a matter of a few year ...

The crimes of Hong Kong’s first serial killer were so shocking that a female forensic scientist was ...

Emma Lock, who can be seen in horror film The Human Centipede II, walked SPCA rescue dogs, her eyes ...

One rehab clinic operating in Hong Kong has recorded a 30 per cent increase in the number of people ...

Korean-American author Han explores the interrelation of different cultures in her new book of short ...

If walls could talk The very nature of hotels lends them to mystery and intrigue. These tempo ...

Founder Rob Wagemans’ designs are changing perceptions of how hotels, shops and now a Hong Kong resi ...

Hongkongers will be familiar with The Upper House, the hotel in Pacific Place that opened in 2009 an ...

From a short stint as a policeman to opening a pub and a nightclub, to making toy soldiers, it’s bee ...

The company expects its growth to come organically and from new licenses. HONG KONG — Global ...

Australian former journalist Kerry McGlynn, the man behind Hong Kong’s branding as Asia’s World City ...

Journalist Ching Cheong reveals ex-rioters eager to mark 50 years since deadly protests in city bowe ...

At a recent lunchtime gathering in Central, TM instructor James Meade was asked what sets his HK$6,8 ...

British history professor and author Robert Bickers laments China’s redacting of historical document ...

It was the bloodiest violence the city had seen: the riots would leave 51 people dead and hundreds m ...

Andrew Hevia was a Fulbright scholar in Hong Kong when he bonded with fellow Star Wars fan Joshua Wo ...

Realtors predict the city's rents will bottom out in the second half HONG KONG -- Retail rent ...

Flight review: Kenya Airways B787-8 Premier World BACKGROUND Kenya Airways took delivery o ...

Her beloved M at the Fringe closed in 2009, but the restaurateur behind successful Shanghai and Beij ...

Annual Community Business report marking International Women’s Day highlights slow progress in recti ...

Born in northern Germany, the horse lover who spent his early life travelling around the world befor ...

A trip to Victoria Falls provides excitement and inspirational views in abundance, writes Kate White ...

Intelligence Squared’s cultural debate will look at the pros and cons of social media and its place ...

Shanthi Sekaran – herself the child of immigrants to the US – dramatises a hot-button issue with her ...

In her book Eurasians, MIT professor contrasts attitudes towards interracial marriage in three juris ...

The musician, who led the orchestra on the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia, has performed as lea ...

Daybreaker dancing is an early-morning dance party without the drugs or the drink. Morning’s when we ...

The Namibia-born, Cambridge-educated conservation expert has been tracking the desert lions of Namib ...

Siak drew from her own life and her family story for her debut novel, The Woman Who Breathed Two Wor ...

Transporting travellers from London to Venice in style, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is making ...

The Hong Kong International Literary Festival speaker, who won a Pulitzer Prize for The Orphan Maste ...

Hong Kong-born Richard Bush, a former US Congressional adviser and intelligence officer, sees potent ...

The group estimates that about 40,000 merchants will participate in this year’s festival, including ...

Festival is finally rebounding, with cheaper tickets, a focus on non-fiction and star names includin ...

Produce that is harvested when ripe and only travels a short distance will have higher nutritional v ...

Christine Negroni believes lack of oxygen on the flight deck from decompression and the first office ...

Paula Bronstein has spent years depicting the lives and suffering of ordinary Afghans, with a focus ...

Enter a flotation tank and you can separate your mind from your senses in complete safety and come o ...

Being mixed up with China sceptic is ‘the bane of my life’, says Gordon H. Chang, recently in Hong K ...

Parag Khanna, the well-travelled author of new book Connectography, can change the way you see the w ...

Britain leaving the EU will have a lasting impact for Europe. But what about Hong Kong, a territory ...

Mike Warde, whose company plans to open 30 branches of American restaurant chain in East Asia, denie ...

Experts suggest Brexit, and a likely devaluation of sterling, could inadvertently make the city’s lu ...

Kate Whitehead wanted to know more about her ancestry – and was pleased by the results – but also le ...

Initially, the reality TV star turned celebrity DJ (or her PR team) wanted the most minimal intervie ...

He’s chairman of the oldest registered company in Hong Kong – that’s merely part of his day job – an ...

Asia has hit brands hard, especially those in the luxury sector. With expectations that the economic ...

‘As a mother I will always feel guilty for making a choice that led to my son’s death,’ says Shalini ...

The American doctor and Buddhist monk, a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong, tells Ka ...

Ahead of her latest Hong Kong concert, multi-platinum Australian singer, film star and co-founder of ...

Lawrence Osborne writer tells Kate Whitehead how a middle-class boy from Sussex became one of Britai ...

Exhibition marking 30 years of criminology programme at University of Hong Kong shows graduates’ wor ...

The American director talks to Kate Whitehead about the Sundance Institute, how he ended up making f ...

Not only has the German used military 'dazzle camouflage' for leather-goods brand MCM's shop, he's a ...

Scientist volunteering in the fight against virus linked to shrunken brains in newborns and cripplin ...

Whether or not you should eat breakfast depends on how active you will be later, lead researcher in ...

Born in Shanghai in 1948, the artist spent the Cultural Revolution drawing propaganda posters and ad ...

Sustainability topped the agenda at the Prime Source Forum that brought together 300 senior executiv ...

The co-founder of the Californian band tells Kate Whitehead about riding the fame wave. TAKE ...

The veteran entertainer has found a critically acclaimed new direction in the past six years, but pr ...

Ahead of her Hong Kong debut next month, the Korean-American stand-up talks about striking the right ...

With almost 30 years’ experience in the field, Matthew Friedman could easily have written just a cat ...

Launched by members of the defunct Women Business Owners Club as a response to Hong Kong’s growing s ...

Pay rises in parts of Asia are likely to barely hover above inflation in 2016. Is it time to permane ...

Tasked with building upon one of Hong Kong’s greatest success stories, Aron Harilela shares his visi ...

Antarctica is best approached by sea. Only a slow, and sometimes rough, rite of passage can prepare ...

  Rental prices here might be dropping overall but fashion and watch retailers are were stil ...

  Singaporeans are keenest country to adopt different working styles, says workspace provide ...

Volunteers sailing to frozen continent help conduct penguin and seabird surveys, monitor ecological ...

Kate Whitehead puts on the layers and finds out just how cool Antarctica really is Summer on ...

Little Aunt Crane by Yan Geling Penguin, Random House Readers of Chinese literature ...

Living at latitudes where six months of day is followed by six months of night can wreak havoc on sl ...

Local employees work the most overtime in Asia, says survey Employees in Hong Kong work the most ...

The British writer, headline author at the Hong Kong Literary Festival in November 2015, talks to Ka ...

HONG KONG — Cosmoprof Asia celebrated its 20th edition with its biggest ever fair. The three-day eve ...

Forget the murals of camels in the desert and finely woven tapestries – the recently opened Yinchuan ...

Wearable trackers have got smarter and better looking Is that health tracker on your wrist on ...

The chairman of Heywood Hill, a London bookstore, tells Kate Whitehead about the snake in the bath a ...

Neurologist Charles Krebs, left paralysed after a diving accident, got back on his feet thanks to ki ...

Employees need HR support to counter the downsides of working remotely While many employees r ...

The fashion designer tells Kate Whitehead about being uprooted by the partition of India, her doomed ...

Tiny battery-operated electronic ingestible devices are set to replace some traditional medicines in ...

There’s been plenty of buzz around The Temple House since it opened in the summer, and for good reas ...

Hong Kong-bound British-Norwegian musician, one of the hottest stars of classical music, explains ho ...

Novelist Margaret Drabble the biggest draw of two-week festival that starts on October 26; Chinese A ...

Ten-year-old Chinese bookstore chain The Bookworm, founded by two expats, has become a go-to-destina ...

Everyone who’s worked in a large organisation will have their own story of a senior individual whose ...

The Italian priest tells Kate Whitehead how became fascinated by China, was eventually barred, and h ...

Local favourites joined by overseas comedians for ninth annual show   The Hong Kong I ...

Executives of luxury companies ranging from LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton to Tod’s Group all have ...

With 95 food outlets across Hong Kong and Vietnam, Parfitts' empire is a real family affair. Startin ...

When you come from a land where we politely refer to smog as fog and have to have our stomachs pumpe ...

High in the Andes sits Lake Titicaca. Kate Whitehead meets the floating inhabitants of this remote l ...

Recently confirmed as the global birthplace of chocolate, Ecuador is also seeking to regain its laur ...

HONG KONG — Chinese sportswear giant Li-Ning on Thursday reported a narrower first-half loss and sai ...

Self-taught artist had only been working for a year when she won Hong Kong Secret Walls contest. She ...

The Southern District councilllor and co-founder of Hong Kong's Civic Party tells Kate Whitehead abo ...

This city’s fashion week wrapped up with attendees lamenting the quality of the event, which is esse ...

Coming from two different countries, trained in the US and practising in China with global clients, ...

As chief exterior designer at Porsche, Hong Kong-born Pinky Lai Ping won plaudits for reworking the ...

Escape the tourist throng at Inca ruins, and support a site that provides a good living for its work ...

Charlotte Merritt, bookseller-at-large for store where Nancy Mitford wrote two novels, sees a bright ...

Prosecco's popularity is on the rise thanks to its easy-to-drink style: fruit-forward with a gentle ...

What is it? A brand new 266-room hotel on its own island (below) within the Venice lagoon. Isola del ...

Hong Kong has long been a magnet for many seeking to make their fortunes. But does the city’s talent ...

Women are making inroads into Asia Pacific’s senior management teams, but they need to be prepared t ...

Massage, a translation of Chinese novel that won nation's top literary prize, examines the relations ...

Straddling the equator between Columbia and Peru, Ecuador may be the smallest Andean country but it’ ...

Reigning queen of pop Katy Perry is bringing her lavish stage show to Macau After her headlin ...

Veteran diplomat Nicholas Platt and his eldest sons, film star Oliver and food critic Adam, talk abo ...

In 1918, at a remote police station on Lantau, a cold-blooded killing by a Sikh constable left a bab ...

It is without doubt the most romantic place in which to stay in Quito, Ecuador - and that's not just ...

Kate Whitehead follows the trail of Charles Darwin to Galápagos and discovers some rather friendly r ...

Chocolate is good for you - and, as Kate Whitehead discovers, tramping through the Amazon rainforest ...

For the ultimate ‘home safari’ experience, consider residing intimately close to nature in these low ...

A pictorial book documents the last women in China with bound feet, writes Kate Whitehead   ...

Kate Whitehead talks to three specialists There's a lot more to anti-ageing than Botox and filler ...

Paris remains the City of Light – and the ultimate place to have a pied-à-terre. The opportunities t ...

A visiting medical doctor and Buddhist monk explains benefits Barry Kerzin is a Buddhist monk ...

Speak to most business executives about operating in a developing country and political stability, b ...

Sporting legend Andy Murray's new Scottish hotel Why would a grand turreted mansion have a br ...

Blending adventure, relaxation and natural beauty, One&Only Hayman Island is a paradise on earth ...

The highest floor of a prestigious building in one of the world’s top cities is the ultimate discret ...

Social media and texting are here to stay, but youngsters shouldn't let gadgets rule their lives, sa ...

Overall retail sales, provisionally estimated at 38.3 billion Hong Kong dollars, rose 1.4 percent in ...

London has seen a slew of turbo-hyped hotels come on line this year, with each one offering more tha ...

Admired abroad and loathed at home, little was known about this secretive, cunning Chinese art deale ...

The protest has gained broad public support since the government's heavy-handed response on Sunday. ...

A new BBC series starting this weekend explores the vulnerabilities of the internet and how conmen o ...

Breathe in the fresh mountain air and feast your eyes on the fascinating scenery of Dalat – this ‘Ci ...

Luxury ski properties abound wherever there is a slope and some snow. They have become status symbol ...

The pro-democracy demonstrations that have lasted here for just over a month show no sign of coming ...

Hong Kong's literary festival offers a packed programme of foreign and local writers. Kate Whitehead ...

Living in Hong Kong gives comedians plenty of material   When Jim Brewsky arrived in ...

Thousands of protesters returned to the streets to demand free elections in Hong Kong Friday ...

Former civil servant becomes Hong Kong's only dedicated author of adult genre Hong Kong has b ...

Young people in Tin Shui Wai say they have been offered cash to stir up trouble at the Mong Kok prot ...

The design world can't seem to get enough of Joyce Wang. Her aesthetics are so familiar yet so stran ...

It’s a long way from his native Italy, but Federico Masin has brought Venetian drama and sensibility ...

The Peninsula has been a familiar name in Hong Kong, a byword for luxury, and now, for the first tim ...

Murder Mystery Lunch train departs London's Victoria station for a trip around rural Kent ...

A London exhibition shows protesters around the world are getting their message across with innovati ...

Country properties in the UK are attracting Asian buyers for various reasons, from contract farming ...

Elsewhere in the world, orchestras are often struggling to maintain interest and audiences. As the H ...

Dai pai dong are an important part of local culture, but are we doing enough to keep them alive Sitt ...

The 21st edition of Hong Kong Fashion Week wrapped its four-day run late last week HONG KONG ...

Gripping novel spans centuries in China as modern Beijinger is stalked by sinister mystery soul mate ...

A small group of artists are hoping to inspire change in Hong Kong's attitude towards the environmen ...

Debate over a controversial proposal to curb the number of Mainland tourists was already tense with ...

Exploration is challenging. If it's too easy, then it's not real exploration. So says Wong How ...

An initiative to promote informal discussion with experts about science topics is gaining popularity ...

The power had gone out. I was lying on the floor in the pitch black, listening to waves crashing on ...

Planning a trip to North Korea's seldom visited north-east? Kate Whitehead provides a guide to the b ...

It's a village not a town. So say residents of Bathurst, a magnet for the creative and curious lo ...

The dire state of mainland orphanages 15 years ago spurred filmmaker Jenny Bowen into action. Her ch ...

Chan Koonchung satire shows how inequalities of power warp the China-Tibet relationship The U ...

Chinese novelist Chan Koonchung says he writes for “his Beijing friends” though they can’t buy his b ...

A new segment of adventurers is searching the cities for what others have left behind In the deve ...

A healthy diet can do more than just slim your waistline - eating the right foods can improve your m ...

As the trend for massive open online courses gathers pace, universities from Britain and around the ...

HONG KONG — La Perla has opened its first concept stores in Hong Kong April 25 followed by a massive ...

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