Kate Whitehead

Produce that is harvested when ripe and only travels a short distance will have higher nutritional value and the best flavour, so try to buy fruit and vegetables in season; consider frozen veg too

Nine months in Antarctica braving minus 80 C temperatures is one thing. It’s the three months of darkness that really do you in

‘My mother was a typical Asian parent. She lost her dream because of the Cultural Revolution,’ says Yu Dan Shi. ‘I became the product of high expectations’ In 2008, Yu Dan Shi was 32 and a successful marketing officer for a global tech company. She had left her native Shanghai over a decade previously to…

A dearth of nightlife options and a series of power outages leave Kate Whitehead and her tour group wandering round Pyongyang looking for some fun

Burma’s largest city is buzzing and change is in the air—nightlife included

Although closed off from the world for 50 years, the reclusive Myanmar still developed a punk rock scene