The Works

Bossa nova songstress Lisa Ono was born in Brazil. Her parents took her back to Japan with them when she was ten. Her father opened a Brazilian restaurant in Japan, and it was here she began singing in public. She was drawn to the music of her childhoo...

With a population of more than 250,000, Bergen is Norway’s second largest city. It is also the birthplace of Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek, who together are Kings of Convenience. The duo, who met in school, released their debut album, “Quiet is the New ...

Roald Dahl’s children’s novel “Fantastic Mr Fox” was published in 1970. It’s the story of a fox, now married, whose inability to give up his former wild ways – biting the heads off chickens – leads to three villainous farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean tr...

Thanks to the cost of land, the profit-motive of developers, and far too many people, many of us in Hong Kong find ourselves living and working in what are, basically, boxes. American photographer Lois Conner has been photographing China for 25 years. ...

Wang Jingwei was a politician who was initially known as a hero, but whose name became synonymous with being a traitor. But as well as being a politician, he was an accomplished calligrapher and poet, and even many of those who question his political m...

And in our studio, we have a performance from two members of the three man band "Poubelle International", all about the end of an affair in London.

Mainland Chinese writer Su Tong – many will know him best through the movie adaptation “Raise the Red Lantern” – talks to us about his new book “The Boat to Redemption”.

Arts Diary

“The Last Station” is a film about the final year in the life of the writer Tolstoy. We know him best as the writer of “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina”. Towards the end of his life, as his writing turned increasingly to religious and philosophical m...

On Friday and Saturday the Hong Kong Arts Festival presented the work of a Chinese musician who has made a name for herself with international lovers of new music. She mixes traditional themes with electronica and samples. Her name is Sa Dingding. Blen...