British journalist Christopher Dobson was given unrivalled access to cover the festivities. Sixty years later, his son recounts his father’s stay in the fledgling nation, and how the experience would last a lifetime.

A multimillion-dollar renovation returned the grand dame to its former 1920s glory, when, as Australia’s first resort-style property, the hotel was the playground of local and international elite

Writer Paul French recalls how Shanghai lured him from London in the 1980s, and is now the iniquitous setting of his latest thriller