Kate Whitehead

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

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

North Korea isn’t known for its beauty industry, but the isolated state does produce its own beauty brand — Pomhyanggi Cosmetics — and even exports some goods overseas.

There’s no room for egos at Shanghai-based island6 gallery, where artists work as a team

Myanmar’s first international book festival drew the country’s guiding light, leading writers and a home crowd intrigued by the give-and-take of it all

Paris remains the City of Light – and the ultimate place to have a pied-à-terre. The opportunities to own a fantastic flat, perhaps built on the ruins of a castleor once used by a great artist, have never been better.