The Big Freeze
— December 31, 2015Kate Whitehead puts on the layers and finds out just how cool Antarctica really is
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Little Aunt Crane
— December 28, 2015Little Aunt Crane by Yan Geling Penguin, Random House
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Lessons from Antarctica
— December 26, 2015Living at latitudes where six months of day is followed by six months of night can wreak havoc on sleep patterns and health. In Hong Kong, long working hours and smartphone addiction can do the same
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Monday is the longest day of the week in HK
— December 16, 2015Local employees work the most overtime in Asia, says survey
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Drabble on marriage and personal space
— December 13, 2015The British writer, headline author at the Hong Kong Literary Festival in November 2015, talks to Kate Whitehead about family, writing, and why she waited 30 years to move in with her second husband, and still sees the first
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Korean Beauty Brands Shine at Cosmoprof Asia
— December 3, 2015HONG KONG — Cosmoprof Asia celebrated its 20th edition with its biggest ever fair. The three-day event featured 2,504 exhibitors, a 6 percent increase over last year, cementing its position as Asia’s leading trade fair for the beauty and wellness industry.
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New symbol of Islamic art
— December 1, 2015Forget the murals of camels in the desert and finely woven tapestries – the recently opened Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art is bringing a starkly modern vision to the art of the Silk Road
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Next generation of wearable devices
— November 22, 2015Wearable trackers have got smarter and better looking
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Bookseller Nicky Dunne on “exotic” HK
— November 22, 2015The chairman of Heywood Hill, a London bookstore, tells Kate Whitehead about the snake in the bath at his Shek O ‘shack’ and playing Scrabble in Myanmar with diplomats sacked by the SLORC.
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Paralysed scientist healed himself with alternative medicine
— November 9, 2015Neurologist Charles Krebs, left paralysed after a diving accident, got back on his feet thanks to kinesiology, a mix of Chinese acupressure and Western medicine. He’s since spent his life exploring the science behind it and perfecting the therapy.
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Loneliness hits Asia home workers hardest
— November 3, 2015Employees need HR support to counter the downsides of working remotely
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Partition, romance and a murder
— October 30, 2015The fashion designer tells Kate Whitehead about being uprooted by the partition of India, her doomed romance with a Bollywood star and witnessing a killing at her restaurant.
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Luxury on the waterfront
— June 27, 2017Hongkongers will be familiar with The Upper House, the hotel in Pacific Place that opened in 2009 and propelled Andre Fu into the big league. He has worked on a string of luxury hospitality projects in the years since and among key completions this year is the Kerry Hotel, the first new hotel on the…
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Artists painting a picture of protests for the world
— July 18, 2019A group of artists are using art to immortalise the summer of unrest that is gripping the city because of the controversial extradition bill July 1, 2019. Causeway Bay. It’s 32 degrees Celsius [90 degrees Fahrenheit] but feels even hotter on the crowded street. The black clad protesters carrying placards, umbrellas and mini electric fans…
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Off the beaten track in North Korea
— May 30, 2014Planning a trip to North Korea’s seldom visited north-east? Kate Whitehead provides a guide to the best hotels
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Dark gold of the Amazon
— August 19, 2015Recently confirmed as the global birthplace of chocolate, Ecuador is also seeking to regain its laurels as the world’s finest producer.
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Namibia’s dessert lions
— December 16, 2016The Namibia-born, Cambridge-educated conservation expert has been tracking the desert lions of Namibia for 35 years. He talks about how he has built a relationship with the big cats and why he doesn’t sleep at night