Kate Whitehead

Inspiration doesn’t always come easy, but sometimes a cosy hotel room is all a writer needs to get that burst of creative energy

Born in Shanghai in 1948, the artist spent the Cultural Revolution drawing propaganda posters and admiring Buddhist art in temples and the Dunhuang caves, then married into a family entitled to live in the United States, where he could earn a living painting, he tells Kate Whitehead

Kate Whitehead puts on the layers and finds out just how cool Antarctica really is

Face-mask wearing during the pandemic affected young children in various ways, from stunting speech to emotional development, according to a psychologist Marco was an energetic and sociable three-year-old just starting kindergarten when the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020. He stayed at home with his one-year-old sister and mother, who had switched to working from home….

Marco Ferrarese talks about the sense of adventure that brought him to Asia and why contemporary travellers make him sick

Former lawyer Tan Twan Eng tells Kate Whitehead how his friends planted the seeds of his award-winning novel