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Richard Lord
Richard is a Hong Kong-based freelance journalist who writes about a broad range of subjects, but with a focus on the arts and culture. He has been an editor at the Wall Street Journal, editorial director of Haymarket Publishing Asia and the editor of a weekly business magazine in his native UK. A graduate of Oxford University, he is also the author of a successful business book and a former stand-up comedian, the latter of which he wasn’t very good at.
Experts at Deloitte, InvestHK, PwC, accounting firm EY and law firm A&O Shearman on the challenges and opportunities facing single family and multifamily offices.
Wilczek’s book, A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design, argues that beauty is the universe’s organising principle – and 2 Hong Kong architects were captivated
‘In fashion, people always think that Paris or New York are best, but one thing I always think we forget is our own culture,’ says fashion designer Mountain Yam
‘His films are similar to the way we storyboard our ideas to present them to clients – we break it down into fragments, much like storyboarding a film’
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‘Savour the flavourless’: the founder of Hong Kong’s Blue Lotus Gallery on how the foundational text of Taoism has shaped her life
Cally Chan explains how the painter influenced her work, from his combination of East and West to the use of reflective materials
Performance and installation artist Chiharu Shiota is best known for monumental works of huge, dense webs of brightly coloured thread
Next to Taxi Driver and Goodfellas, The Mission remains little a known masterpiece, says Matthew Gregory, the founder and director of Faust International Youth Theatre
Horace Pan, chairman of the Hong Kong Interior Design Association, explains how Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece changed his life
The museum and library explores the intersection of science, medicine and art, so its exhibitions cover an eclectic assortment of topics
How the founder of one of Hong Kong’s top architecture and interior design firms found solace in the Japanese photographer’s monochrome portraits of the oceans
Steven Berkoff’s play Greek, a reworking of Oedipus Rex updated to contemporary London, set Sean Curran, co-founder of an innovative Hong Kong theatre company, on the path to a career in drama.
Reading The Joy of Small Things, a compilation of newspaper columns on the small pleasures in daily life, changed Rebecca Ling’s life. The lawyer and founder of womenswear brand Parallel 51 explains how.
Hong Kong designer toymaker and artist Michael Lau explains how Constantin Brancusi’s atelier at Paris’ Pompidou Centre gave a vivid understanding of the Romanian sculptor and inspired his practice.
As an art student, Hilarie Hon Hang-lam wanted to go against her professor’s wishes and paint for her final work. Reading Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s book convinced her to stick to her principles.
Contemporary qipao brand Qipology founder Julie Liu talks to the Post about watching the ballet Romeo and Juliet when she was around 10 and wanting to be a fashion designer because she liked the costumes.
Leading the charity HandsOn Hong Kong was a scary prospect for Catherine Tong Dannaoui. The work of motivational speaker Simon Sinek inspired her to become the leader she always wanted to be.
When he first watched Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 silent classic The Kid, WKM Gallery owner William Kayne Mukai enjoyed the comedy. He still watches it now and again and believes it opened him up to art.
Frederieke van Doorn, the founder and CEO of Hong Kong-based women’s tailoring brand Frey, explains how Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment changed her life.
Hong Kong contemporary artist Wong Kit-yi reveals how a residency with legendary minimalist Donald Judd’s Chinati Foundation taught her the importance of challenging herself.
Andrew Chan, artistic director of Hong Kong experimental theatre company Alice Theatre Laboratory, explains how Einstürzende Neubauten’s industrial album Halber Mensch changed his life.
The former World Bank economist’s sustainable clothing label, SukkaCitta, ensures better wages for the women working for it, while providing education to their families
Makayla Ng, Hong Kong fashion designer and founder of plus-size label Fashion Corner Plus, reveals how Korean-Australian musician DPR Ian’s EP Moodswings in This Order helped her accept who she was.
Hong Kong human rights lawyer and charity founder Patricia Ho explains how The Dive, by New Zealand-born Veronica Green, continues to empower her years after she fell in love with it at an art fair.
Ink artist T.K. Chan, a co-founder of Hong Kong’s Blink Gallery, explains how Chinese artist Water Poon’s innovative ink paintings, especially Get Together (2015), changed her life.
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s 2009 book Half the Sky opened the eyes of Natalie Chow, co-founder of Hong Kong-based sustainable and ethical shoe brand Kibo, to human trafficking and slavery.
I.M. Pei’s distinctive, angular Bank of China Tower, in Hong Kong, was a heavy influence on architect and artist Raymond Fung, who recalls seeing it under construction and later working for Pei.
Tabla founder and creative director Tania Mohan talks about her love of Genesis’ album Invisible Touch and going to Australia to present Phil Collins with an award on behalf of the Hong Kong people.
Barry Quek, head chef at Hong Kong Michelin-star restaurant Whey, talks about the impact cooking competition TV show Top Chef had on him, from teaching him techniques to the importance of ‘a plan B’.
Lucy Lord MBE, a decorated obstetrician who is also the founder and executive chair of mental health charity Mind HK, reveals the Jane Austen book that she has read over and over again for 50 years.
