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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.
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
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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.
Saurabh Shukla, who will be bringing his stage show Barff – Hindi for ‘snow’ – to Hong Kong in June, talks about being typecast for his large frame and still feeling 22 at the age of 60.
Simon Lorenz, a Hong Kong-based underwater photographer, diving instructor and owner of a dive travel company, tells Kate Whitehead the benefits of an alternative lifestyle and why you need to stay flexible.
Kiko Cacella, the founder and head coach at D’Jago BJJ Academy, talks about growing up in Rio de Janeiro, discovering Brazilian jiu-jitsu, his short MMA career, and opening gyms in Hong Kong.
One lost his job, and the will to live; another, alone in an employer’s house, fell into depression. These and other stories of working class Hongkongers in the Covid-19 pandemic are told in a new book.
Chef and cookbook author Grace Choy tells Kate Whitehead about her ‘simple’ childhood above the family’s mahjong shop in Hong Kong and how itchy feet have led her to Tokyo.
The co-founder of Splash Foundation, a Hong Kong non-profit swim school that helps adults and children from underserved communities, talks to Kate Whitehead about finding his mission.
Head of the Star Ferry fleet Kwok Cho-tai tells Kate Whitehead about growing up ‘very poor’ but happy on a boat in Aberdeen Harbour, rising through the ranks, and missing the daily ferry commuters.
Max Johnson, half-brother of former British prime minister Boris Johnson, talks about his UK childhood, Covid-19 frustrations, being a banker in Hong Kong, and a special trip through mainland China.
Artist Kay Beadman bought space in an industrial building without a plan for it. Now she and two fellow artists run it as an art space, where they encourage young artists to experiment.
The former head of UK armed forces tells Kate Whitehead about his rise through the ranks and why Colin Firth wanted to play him in a film about fighting rebels in Sierra Leone.
Exercise, diet and compassion are among the tips on how to age well from Andrei Iwanowitsch, a survivor of the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp, who stays in great health at 98.
