China 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 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,...
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And when I'm not doing serious reporting from Beijing, I'm doing this. Ahem.
Images by Amy Chung (hola Chinola sista), who is a global news reporter when not mucking about with me at Yashiu Market in Sanlitun, as above. These beautiful hats and headpieces below were designed...
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Asylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London, out January 15th 2015 with a...
Asylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London, out Jan 15th 2015I am delighted to trail ahead to the 15th January 2015 release of my fifth book, Asylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London (Seagull...
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American Apparel and photographer Terry Richardson....both still having...
I photographed these full height window displays at Taiku Li, the coolest mall complex in Sanlitun, Beijing. The images were up throughout August, September, October and November and may well still be...
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I went to my last party of the year. Then I got home. Then I took some...
#HelenaKennedyQC throws very good parties#Madonna's new Rebel Heart album tracks are totally and utterly boss. Listen to Living For Love.#HappyChristmas everyone
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China Flash: a collection of my recent articles about contemporary China
The Zaha Hadid-designed Galaxy mallcomplex, Chaoyangmen, Beijing, end 2014Only condoms can save China from a 'raging epidemic' of sexually transmitted diseasesFilm-maker Jenny Man Wu on contemporary...
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Asylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London, out Monday 26th January
I am delighted to announce the 26th January publication of my 5th book, Asylum and Exile: The Hidden Voices of London (Seagull Books/Chicago University Press), which is the result of my outreach work...
View ArticleChina Flash: Beijing storms, turtles and dogs
The thirty year old tree was uprooted, a raw ball of soil and naked noodle roots winched up above street level, a metal spiked fence sagging under the trunk. A group of workmen had cordoned it off and...
View ArticleChina Flash: Porcelain dolls, bad Samaritans and the law
“You cunt, you cunt, you cunt, you fucking cunt, you stupid cunt cunt cunt cunt.”We’re in the Russian quarter of Beijing, close by the stone walkways, pagodas and manicured firs of Ritan Park. The shop...
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China Flash: Even afternoon tea says something about modern, monetised Beijng
Afternoon tea at The Opposite House, in association with Jo MaloneThis is a greatly expanded version of a short write-up which first appeared in Time Out Beijing where I am doing a stint as Deputy...
View ArticleChina Flash: My friend writes me a delicate poem to explain the intense...
In the summerEvery time it rainsThe heat comes down.In the springEvery time it snowsIt gets warmer.In the winterThe heaven’s getting rid of all its coldness.Autumn lasts a...
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From Jane Eyre to Clarissa Dalloway, beware your classic heroines
This article was originally commissioned by The Guardian, pegged to The Secret Life of Books: Jane Eyre, which will be broadcast on BBC4 on Tuesday 30th September at 8.30pm. Watch it here online until...
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China Flash: ABS Crew: graffiti artists on legal, semi-legal and illegal...
This is an expanded version of an article which first appeared in Time Out Beijing. All images by and (c) ABS CrewDeep in the corporate heart of the Central Business District, under the approving eye...
View ArticleChina Flash: Writer Zhang Chao on media misogyny, China’s momentous social...
This is a greatly expanded version of an article which first appeared in Time Out Beijing.It took an earthquake to make Zhang Chao a writer. She is now an acclaimed journalist with nearly fifty...
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China Flash: Writer Kerry Brown on the seven elite men who rule a country...
This is a greatly expanded version of an article which first appeared in Time Out Beijing.Kerry Brown has been a China hand for two decades now. Formerly head of the Asia Programme at Chatham House in...
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Straight Expectations: What Does it Mean To Be Gay Today? by Julie Bindel
Julie Bindel puts abusive men in prison. Widely known as a rigorous writer and broadcaster in the mainstream media, Bindel’s journalistic career actually grew out of her work as a lifelong campaigner...
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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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