Kate Whitehead

It’s a Sunday night, and as The Peak’s creative team sets up props, background and lighting for a cover photo shoot, Adrian Cheng is firmly in the director’s seat – just where he wants to be.

Max Johnson, 21 years younger than his half-brother, the former British prime minister, speaks Russian, lived in Beijing and Hong Kong, and married a Brazilian I was born in 1985 in Brussels, where my father was working for the European Commission. My sister, Julia, is three years older than me and I have four half-siblings…

The musician, who led the orchestra on the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia, has performed as leader or concertmaster with more than 30 orchestras 

Democracy campaigners threw petrol bombs after defying a ban on a march to mark the anniversary of Beijing’s clampdown The protests in Hong Kong turned violent last night as demonstrators threw fire bombs, police used water cannons and tear gas and a tactical squad known as “the Raptors” beat passengers on a train. There was…

Asia has hit brands hard, especially those in the luxury sector. With expectations that the economic woes will continue for another one or two years, the situation looks challenging. A new report offers not just a glimmer of hope, but some concrete suggestions for how to weather the storm.

Former lawyer Tan Twan Eng tells Kate Whitehead how his friends planted the seeds of his award-winning novel