Something new: saving faces
Hong Kong's concrete-box apartment blocks are a frequent subject of Daphne Mandel's work. In one painting, elaborate scenes are detailed in miniature inside each apartment window
Something new: custom-blend coffee
It is a city where tailor-made clothes are not unusual, where macaroons are jetted in daily from France and where helicopters take off for Macau - 68 kilometres away - every half an hour.
In the eye of the storm – South China Morning Post
Each year, some of the world’s most dramatic storms hit southern China. This interactive multimedia piece looks at some of the most dramatic and deadly storms in Hong Kong's history, and consider what can be learned from the destruction and recovery.
The New Shape Of Shenzhen - DestinAsian Magazine
DestinAsian Magazine – The New Shape Of Shenzhen
It took less than four decades for this onetime fishing village on the Pearl River Delta to transform itself into southern China’s manufacturing hub. Now one of the largest cities in the country, can Shenzhen achieve the same success as a centre of design?
Working Underground – South China Morning Post
Subterranean explosions, freezing earth and plans for superfast elevators help the MTR inch steadily towards its next phase of service
Six Degrees – South China Morning Post
I wrote a regular column called Six Degrees for the South China Morning Post's Sunday Magazine. The weekly column was a humorous and informative exploration of connections between six celebrities and well-known historical figures.
Six Degrees – 10 May, 2014
Hayao Miyazaki is the subject of an exhibition that opens on Wednesday at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. The Japanese animator, mangaka, film director, producer and screenwriter’s 50- year career...
Six Degrees – 26 November, 2014
The Flaming Lips are scheduled to wrap up the Clockenflap festival tonight in West Kowloon. Fans will doubtlessly be expecting some of the psychedelic rock group's trademark stage antics...
DestinAsian Magazine – A park at the heart of history
A leafy enclave of carp ponds and pavilions, Hollywood Road Park occupies a storied patch of Hong Kong Island—the very spot, in fact, where the British first raised their flag.