Kate Whitehead

Paula Bronstein has spent years depicting the lives and suffering of ordinary Afghans, with a focus on women who attempt suicide to escape forced and abusive marriages

The highest floor of a prestigious building in one of the world’s top cities is the ultimate discretionary purchase. The Peak looks at some of the planet’s very posh penthouses with the best views, the most deluxe finishes and facilities, and the highest potential investment returns.

Veteran diplomat Nicholas Platt and his eldest sons, film star Oliver and food critic Adam, talk about breaking bread to win hearts and minds, and discovering Western fare in Hong Kong. Kate Whitehead reports

Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Carmen Yau is a sex rights advocate for people with disabilities ‘I talk about sexuality and sex rights for people with disabilities. I also talk about body positivism and how disabled women can be more independent’ Late diagnosis: I was born in 1981. My parents were working as managers at a…

Known for their edgy and erotic images, Nic and Becky Gaunt, who will exhibit at Hong Kong’s Affordable Art Fair, sell most of their work overseas, but say they are beginning to see city galleries become more adventurous

Chan Koonchung satire shows how inequalities of power warp the China-Tibet relationship