Hong Kong On Air
Ubud encounters: Jeffrey Eugenides ‘Greeks it up’
The novelist had to explore his roots to write the Pulitzer Prize winner novel Middlesex.
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Ubud encounters: start the day with Lemn Sissay
UK poet and playwright Lemn Sissay reveals his morning ritual.
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Ubud encounters: Justin Torres gets angry, Neal Hall moves
At the Ubud Writers Festival, talking with novelist Justin Torres, surgeon-poet Neal Hall
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Living the naughty expat dream in Ubud
This year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival gives me a chance to revisit Naughty Nuri’s as it begins a new era. 
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Sands Cotai opens in falling Macau tide
Macau’s newest resort has opened in the midst of a rare growth slump for the world’s gaming capital.
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