Kate Whitehead

A hot sauna and a cool pavilion are the starting points for an architectural dialogue about public space and social connection in Hong Kong

Jonathan Spence – historian, intellectual and eminent China scholar – is not one for a snappy answer.

Sedaris, an author and long-time contributor to The New Yorker, says he is trying to avoid becoming a cranky old man who always complains David Sedaris sounds as though he’s got the post-holiday blues – or perhaps it’s just the dry, laconic tone in which he speaks. His house in the south of England has…

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

It is without doubt the most romantic place in which to stay in Quito, Ecuador – and that’s not just because there are huge tubs of roses at every turn (easily arranged when 25 stems cost just US$2) or because you’re likely to feel a little breathless on arrival (to be expected at 2,800 metres…

A documentary film shows how those who seek travel adventure can turn unspoiled destinations into crowded eyesores