The Peninsula Paris — September 28, 2014 The Peninsula has been a familiar name in Hong Kong, a byword for luxury, and now, for the first time, Continue Reading ...
Off the beaten track in North Korea — May 30, 2014 Planning a trip to North Korea’s seldom visited north-east? Kate Whitehead provides a guide to Continue Reading ...
One & Only, Cape Town — March 23, 2014 What is it? Not the one and only One&Only, funnily enough, although it is the original, from which Continue Reading ...
The cutting-edge of kooky — September 9, 2013 Take two of Sydney’s most historical buildings, add some seriously cool design, a little humour and Continue Reading ...
Café Royal, London — April 13, 2014 If it sounds more like a bar than a hotel, that’s because it was. For a long time, Café Royal Continue Reading ...
Sanctums for the scribe — March 1, 2014 Inspiration doesn’t always come easy, but sometimes a cosy hotel room is all a writer needs to get Continue Reading ...
Hotels in Yangon — March 12, 2013 Myanmar might be on the hot list of places to visit, but visitors should be wary of touching down in Continue Reading ...
Getting to the roots of Rodrigo Duterte — November 6, 2018 Why does Duterte dislike the Catholic Church? How did the privileged son of a provincial oligarch develop
Gay HK policeman’s 1980 gun death — January 15, 2018 Thirty-eight years ago this week, John MacLennan died of gunshot wounds; a public inquiry heard claims
Activist takes democracy battle global — August 7, 2019 Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong’s ‘manifesto for global democracy’ to be launched in 2020 by British
The left behind — December 16, 2017 This is a children’s emergency, says former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, of the 600,000