Kate Whitehead

As the trend for massive open online courses gathers pace, universities from Britain and around the region are looking at ways to stamp their educational brand on the world

The Hong Kong International Literary Festival has had a shake-up – it has a new manager, new faces on the board and a good line-up secured for the festival, which takes place November 1-10.

An initiative to promote informal discussion with experts about science topics is gaining popularity

Derek Currie, one of the first Europeans to play professional football in Hong Kong, came to the city in 1970 and quickly became a local celebrity I was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on February 8, 1949. I suppose I was fated to come to the Far East because 1949 was the year Mao Zedong declared…

The pro-democracy demonstrations that have lasted here for just over a month show no sign of coming to an end

A trip to Victoria Falls provides excitement and inspirational views in abundance, writes Kate Whitehead