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Beyond the Highrise

Life in Hong Kong beyond the highrise. By freelance journalist Carolynne Dear

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Interviews

  • Everything’s rosy
  • Lonely planet
  • Old hands breathe new life into Sai Kung’s favourite pub
  • How an expat childhood inspired Soho’s New Punjab Club
  • Talking rhymes and writers block with Julia Donaldson
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  • A meditation in education
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  • Novelist Madeleine Thien talks China and change
  • Nurturing a Hong Kong boutique into a global brand
  • Hong Kong’s first women’s TEDx event is launched
  • Hong Kong film producer Joanna Bowers releases The Helper Documentary
  • Mother love
  • From London to Paris on foot and by bicycle
  • Hong Kong welcomes The Murray Hotel
  • How a Hong Kong couple transformed a remote Cambodian island into an award-winning eco-resort
  • Artist Helen Bronte Boyd tells Carolynne Dear she’s ready for a new challenge after 16 creative years in Sai Kung
  • A parents’ guide to surviving boarding school
  • On top of the world with Hong Kong’s Bond girl
  • Sharing the love with Mrs Hong Kong World

Heritage Hong Kong

  • Time for tea with the grande dame of Midlevels
  • Hospital drama – discovering the real Matilda of The Peak
  • Life as a British expat ‘back in the day’
  • Hong Kong welcomes The Murray Hotel
  • Memories of wartime Hong Kong by Stanley survivor Barbara Anslow

Flailing spouse – a lighter look at expat life

  • October – Food for thought
  • November – Running woman
  • December – Away in a 777
  • January – Communing with the grandparents
  • February – When I’m 45…
  • March – Homework and other issues
  • April – Drama queen
  • May – From the heart
  • June – Turn on, tune in, drop out
  • Wardrobe wars – July 2018
  • August – Hot spots
  • How it all began – or how a suburban family-of-six bagged a party lifestyle in Honkers
  • September – Party pooper
  • November – Cut the cr*p
  • January – On the piste

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By far and away, this is Hong Kong's 'best' private club. I have spent many happy days here, in the water and with a slap-up BBQ to finish. Not to mention all our dragon boat team celebrations!! Today I was here for a community lunch - Sai Kung is a very special place and I love how seriouly it takes neighbourliness, community and friendship. A lot of laughs, some new friends and a yummy lunch. You couldn't ask for more on a sunny Thursday! #hongkonglife #lovesaikung #community
Where am I?! #hongkonglife #hongkonghotels
The pride! That moment when you walk into your local bookshop and see all your hard work on display! Thank you Kidnapped Bookstore! Hong Kong Family Traveller - available from Bookazine stores and Kidnapped, grab a copy today! #printmedia #consumertitle #magazines #travelwithkids #familyholidays #hongkonglife #feelingproud #hongkongtravellingmums
Dining under the stars on our final night. All a bit Love Island 💕 ! #expatlife #luxeresorts
Pretty much perfect. I don't think I've ever come this close to paradise before (obvs apart from the day I met the hubster 😂 🤣😝). Another stressful day trying to figure out whether to head for the beach or the pool... Hubster's gone diving, I have a spa appointment. Busy, busy... #paradise #happysaturday #maldives #nofilter #hongkongtravellingmums
Good morning Maldives! Bad hair but I don't really care! Another day of fun and games on this island paradise... #maldives #happyfriday

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