The Works

Due to the social distancing and recreational restrictions to which we’re currently subjecting ourselves in the hope of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, city life in Hong Kong has gone very quiet these days, especially after six o’clock. Away from th...

For new writers, or writers with a niche audience, if can be a problem that the mainstream publishing industry favours those who are already well known or likely to return the highest revenue. J. K. Rowling for example will certainly get more prominent...

Artist Bouie Choi’s works incorporate painting, video documentation and mixed media. In recent years, her work has examined such issues as the colonial past of Hong Kong, the environment, and social values. The Karin Weber Gallery is currently featurin...

Looking back at 2020 as we are about to enter a hopefully more positive 2021, for Hong Kong this has been a year like no other. One way or another, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected us all. Although there is good news about the Covid-19 vaccines, new ...

Merry Christmas! Although museums are closed, we did recently manage to make a visit to the Museum of Art to film two major exhibitions of Chinese paintings and calligraphy. And of course we took our cameras with us.

Shortly before social-distancing...

In a few of our earlier programmes, The Works has looked at changes in the old mostly working-class neighbourhood of Sham Shui Po. Today, thanks to its comparatively low rents, artists, culture workers, entrepreneurs and other businesses have moved in...

As the colder weather takes hold, many parts of the world are seeing record numbers of new coronavirus cases. Many places are imposing lockdowns. Hong Kong is braving a fourth wave of Covid-19, with many cases originating in dance studios. Stricter soc...

Covid-19 has confined many of us to our homes for much of this year. It can wear you down. City-dwellers as far apart as New York, London and Paris are rethinking whether they really want to live in cramped city spaces or move to the countryside for mo...

Last week, billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that he believes more than 50% of business travel and 30% of office life will disappear in the post-Covid-19 world. There is certainly no doubt that for now our work and travel activities ...

Cha chaan teng culture is a subject particularly close to the hearts of many Hongkongers. Freshly brewed coffee is certainly making inroads into Hong Kong, but there are still plenty of people who like to drink Hong Kong-style milk tea, also known as “...