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China Flash: Kong Lingnan, Beijing painter, on natural beauty and human ugliness
This is an expanded version of an article which first appeared in Time Out Beijing.O Brambles, O Brambles, by Kong Lingnan (2012)Indulgence is hardly what one would associate with the prolific,...
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China Flash: Benedicte Bro-Cassard, Beijing fashion photographer, on the...
This is a greatly expanded version of an article which first appeared in Time Out Beijing.Archive: Marpessa by Bénédicte Bro-CassardBénédicte Bro-Cassardis fashion. Occasionally going by the pseudonym...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Fourteen
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.I ran into the car park, past the bored, chain-smoking valets and drivers and deep in...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Fifteen
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.The drive took about forty five minutes. I was sitting next to Lyceus, listening to him...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Sixteen
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.Guests from the party raided the stage and dragged the other dancers off. Orhan fell onto...
View Article3 major issues, 12 men, 0 women. The LSE's academics want us to know what...
I did my MSc in Philosophy of the Social Sciences, specialising in Moral and Political Philosophy, from 2001 to 2002. I had the time of my life because of my fellow students, who were international,...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Seventeen
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.A pink neon flower pulsed on and off. The Pink Orchid: Rent Rooms By The Hour, flashed in...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Eighteen
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.“How do you feel?” I asked. “Can I bring you anything?”“No. That’s not the first time...
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Beijing night
Click to enlarge. Image (c) Cherry LiThis photograph was taken by my amazing flatmate Cherry Li. She's based across LA, Beijing and Paris but works internationally. The above was her version of a...
View ArticleAnother China rumour
The worst rumour I've heard so far here in Beijing is that they put cow piss in milk to make it taste stronger. It's worse than the thought that I might have eaten cat-on-a-stick when tempted by...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Nineteen
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.I was writhing, caught tightly by the foot, my shirt riding up, the skin of my bare back...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Twenty
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.“Kader Dock Authority,” said a mechanised voice that gave off silvery half-echoes. “Make...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Twenty One
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.The smell was the first thing I noticed. It smelled... decent. Not of sewers, or unwashed...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Twenty Two
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.When I was finally done I dried the soap carefully and diluted the shampoo with a couple...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Twenty Three
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.Tilly whipped around when the man first hit the glass and whipped back again. “Shouldn’t...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Twenty Four
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.Lovely stood in the middle of the shop. Her face was large and perfectly made up,...
View ArticleChina Flash: Film-maker Jenny Man Wu on contemporary Chinese women’s wit,...
This is a greatly expanded version of an article which first appeared in Time Out Beijing, where I am currently doing a stint as Deputy Editor.Jenny Man Wu is a film-making powerhouse, describing her...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Twenty Five
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.The policeman noticed Devika, touched his cap and said,“Afternoon, Madam. Sorry about...
View ArticleEsha Ex: Chapter Twenty Six
The next instalment of Esha Ex, a novel-length work of new fiction, updated daily. For more details click here.About ten women in their sixties strolled into the square and were surrounded by their...
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WHY: What's happening for the young? A new festival at the Southbank,...
Children and young people stand up for their rights at a new Southbank Centre festival, running from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 October 2014WHY?What’s Happening for the Young will take over the entire...
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