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Kate Whitehead
Kate Whitehead is a journalist and author of two Hong Kong crime books, After Suzie and Hong Kong Murders. She is also a qualified psychotherapist and recently won the MIND Media Award for the second consecutive year.
Netflix docu Kiss The Ground argues that sustainable regenerative farming practices are a potential solution to our climate crisis – meet the Hong Kong food producers getting down to earth.
Mr Koo shares his journey from rebellion during his youth to health struggles and advocating for mental health awareness in Hong Kong.
Stephen Lai caught the gambling bug at university in England – on his return to Hong Kong, he played his cards right and formed the Hong Kong Poker Players’ Association.
Jason Swamy’s dad arrived to Hong Kong from India, living in Chungking Mansions in the 1960s – and Swamy grew to love music thanks to Guns N’ Roses and Jimi Hendrix.
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Sakura Lam, a social worker and trans advocate, talks about finding herself, family acceptance and helping others.
Nikki Davies tells PostMag about finding her niche in DEI in the corporate world before transferring her skill set to live music events.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) offers some real wellness benefits – just ask Michael Phelps, Novak Djokovic or Maria Sharapova.
Ace bartender Sandeep Kumar, a two-time winner of the Bacardi Grand Prix National, found success in Hong Kong with The Wise King and The Blind Spot.
Claire Yates on her family’s old stationery shop on Pottinger Street, Hong Kong, and how The Lion Rock Press started with charity Christmas cards in 2013.
Joakim Cimmerbeck, an ex-banker and the founder of Eicó, an eco-friendly paint company, on why using an environmental-friendly paint is a no-brainer.
How strategy consultant Ben Quinlan – whose dad was the biggest international selling record artist from Hong Kong – finds respite on the ‘terrifying’ stand-up stage.
After discovering a talent for swimming at university in the US, Edie Hu switched to swimming in the ocean in Hong Kong – now she is doing one of the Oceans Seven, the world’s hardest channel swims.
Chronic pain can be debilitating, leaving sufferers in a downward spiral of inactivity that exacerbates discomfort. Now, therapists are confronting the issue with treatments that address body and mind.
The fashion designer tells Kate Whitehead about helping Rihanna shine like a diamond at the Met Gala, and why she is now focused on putting China in the spotlight.
Yuen Kwok-yung had an impoverished childhood, but went on to become world-changing infectious-disease scholar
The American stand-up comedian opens up about growing up in Hawaii and finding his home from home here in Hong Kong
Cartland arrived in Hong Kong in the 1970s as one of the few females in the Hong Kong government; now retired, the lifelong civil servant battled for women’s rights through her career
Chanel’s head of style advisory recalls growing up in Kowloon, studying in England and the US, meeting her husband, and charting a career in luxury fashion while juggling motherhood
The Michigan Supreme Court judge fought to attend law school, run marathons, overcome a debilitating accident, and champion the disabled and disadvantaged
How the Hong Kong-born filmmaker came to drive 1,000km across the Philippines, cooking free meals for strangers
The founder of charity Rén tells Kate Whitehead about her ‘nerdy’ childhood, how she suddenly found herself Sydneyside, and why the world needs many more good people.
A self-styled ‘translator between communities’, the founder of Ocean Recovery Alliance talks about being the first among his friends to visit Asia and why his background in business is pivotal to his plastic-reduction efforts
The F&B consultant on the cultural shocks of her peripatetic childhood, how Covid fired up a culinary career switch and why she is betting big on business-savvy Hong Kong
Jenny describes how unmet childhood emotional needs saw her inner child cause her stress and burnout as an adult, while a clinical psychologist explains the impact of trauma and how to begin healing.
Three friends who endured a horribly discriminatory job interview decided to bring the experiences of disabled artists in Hong Kong to the public arena under a banner of ‘crip art’.
Sex-positivity advocate, entrepreneur and educator Vera Liu tells Kate Whitehead how discovering self-pleasure set her on the road to enlightening Hong Kong about the magic of intimacy.
Lantau’s ‘buffalo whisperer’ Jean Leung tells Kate Whitehead about growing up in a haunted house in Cheung Chau, disrespecting a triad boss and the injured beast that changed her life.
Hong Kong’s Wallace Chan exemplifies spiritual wellness – having a sense of purpose, meaning and inner peace. Practising mindfulness as he creates work like Transcendence, showing in Venice, helps him attain it.
Hedley Thomas, investigative journalist and author, tells Kate Whitehead about sleeping beside his police scanner, marrying in Hong Kong, and the power of podcasts such as his true-crime series.
Hong Kong-born actress and filmmaker Jo Chim tells Kate Whitehead about hiding her Chinese side from school friends, being mean in Mean Girls and why she got invited to Nasa.
