My life: Ma Jian — November 10, 2013 The London-based dissident novelist talks to Kate Whitehead about the Cultural Revolution, challenging Continue Reading ...
Hong Kong International Literary Festival revamp — October 20, 2013 The Hong Kong International Literary Festival has had a shake-up – it has a new manager, new faces Continue Reading ...
Making of an iron lady — October 6, 2013 Jung Chang’s biography casts a forgiving light on the life and reign of the woman who dominated Continue Reading ...
Andy Murray’s decadent, boutique hideaway — January 25, 2015 Sporting legend Andy Murray’s new Scottish hotel
US immigration debate — February 22, 2017 Shanthi Sekaran – herself the child of immigrants to the US – dramatises a hot-button issue with
White wilderness — February 1, 2016 Antarctica is best approached by sea. Only a slow, and sometimes rough, rite of passage can prepare visitors
Happiness is a laptop and the open road — February 25, 2019 Transformative travel enables people to break away from the stresses of modern life by finding eco-villages,
Chan Koonchung finds humour in China-Tibet dynamic — May 25, 2014 Chan Koonchung satire shows how inequalities of power warp the China-Tibet relationship
The North Korean Fashion Customer — October 28, 2013 Thoughts of North Korea and its citizens’ wardrobes are likely to conjure up images of drab dresses