For same-sex couple Richard and David, the eight-year wait for a child has been interminable and opaque. Now their lawyer wants to turn theirs into a test case against the Social Welfare Department.

The Australian art historian known as The Exhibitionist fills in the blanks of Britain’s less glorious past on her tours of museums such as Tate Britain, the National Portrait Gallery and the British Museum.

Seventeen years after the deadly Sars epidemic, masks are once again part of daily life in the city, but what are they doing to the face of society?

Architect Juan Du has written a book about the long history of Shenzhen, China’s ‘instant’ metropolis bordering Hong Kong. We take a stroll through the city’s vanishing old enclaves with her.

A short stroll from the Trevi Fountain, the ossuary contains skeletal remains arranged into strange artworks.

Mohammed Hanif, whose books include A Case of Exploding Mangoes and Red Birds, reveals how he’d happily bargain away his career for a life of normality.

BBC/HBO adaptation of the first book in Philip Pullman’s fantasy adventure book trilogy will consist of eight one-hour episodes, with the first episode showing on HBO on November 4.

Sevva’s new look is the result of months of work and dedication from the restaurant’s owner, Bonnae Gokson. Although there are many new additions, much of the place retains its iconic details from before.

‘A classic flip reimagined for today’s connected user’, the Flip 2720 wouldn’t be a step up for most but for Fionnuala McHugh it was light years ahead of her previous phone. Here’s what she made of it.

A bright yellow distorted Volkswagen, built by artist Erwin Wurm, will be selling hot dogs in Tsim Sha Tsui for a month. Wurm talks about his works, influencing the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and how skinny he is.

The phoenixes on Elaine Ng’s carpet appear to dance according to light, temperature and footfall thanks to new interactive fibres and yarns. It is one of eight designs at Haw Par Mansion that mine the past to create designs for the future.

With his fresh take on J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and a sprinkling of pixie dust, artistic director Septime Webre aims to start Hong Kong Ballet’s 40th anniversary celebrations with a bang.

The Malaysian entrepreneur’s future could be read in the stickers on his 1970s tuck box: an airline, a London football club and an F1 team. But for all his success, nothing could have prepared him for the loss of an airliner with 162 people on board.

The cliff-side hotel, on the edge of the Tyrrhenian Sea, has long attracted a glamorous clientele, including Sophia Loren, Charlie Chaplin and the Borghese family.

Helping children in Nepal was British Army officer Philip Holmes’ way of honouring his wife, who committed suicide – in large because she was childless; the charity he founded rescued children from jails and circuses. This is his story.

The Japanese contemporary artist’s new exhibition ‘Murakami vs Murakami’ is showing at Tai Kwun Contemporary until September. From post-apocalyptic works to his optimistic flower pieces, Murakami is at his best.

The Australian restaurateur behind Hong Kong’s beloved but now closed M at the Fringe and M on the Bund, in Shanghai, reveals what it takes to succeed in the restaurant business and the challenges opening in China posed.

A chance encounter outside a Columbia University library in New York planted the seed for global movement celebrating multiculturalism.

Matteo Ricci The Musical might not be the show Hong Kong wanted, but, according to those who brought it to the stage, it’s the one we needed.

Hugh Zimmern, architect and owner of Ping Pong Gintoneria, talks about creating Dai Bing, his cool new venture in Sheung Wan.

Refurbished Haw Par Mansion, in Hong Kong’s Tai Hang neighbourhood, is inspiring designers to come up with objects inspired by its history, such as scented balls, and a vase made of carpeting that can absorb sound.

The ‘lippy’ former actress is investigating where her Chinese-American family fitted into the racially segregated society of the southern United States.

The picturesque coastal village has found fame as a filming location for the wildly popular HBO fantasy show, frequented by tour groups that follow the same predictable path and miss out on some of the loveliest aspects of the area.

Located an hour’s drive from Shanghai, the ‘earthscraper’ is built into the side of an abandoned quarry

The German artist’s disturbing works full of grotesque beasts and old-fashioned characters are often described as surreal, but for Rauch – whose parents died when he was four weeks old – it seems more personal than that.

Carolyn Choa’s adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata’s 1964 tale Beauty and Sadness will premier in Hong Kong next month, with collaborators including renowned director David Pountney and Oscar-winning set designer Tim Yip.

With Ping Pong Pig, illustrated by Harry Harrison, Sarah Brennan, a Hong Kong author and small publisher, completes a charming series of children’s books with a Chinese twist.

Twenty years after British charity Care for Children began advising China on foster care, its founder Robert Glover talks about fostering miracles, moving from Guernsey to Shanghai with his wife and six children in 1998 and why they miss China.

Treat yourself to a rainy-season bargain stay at the Eastern & Oriental Hotel, one of a quartet opened by the indefatigable Sarkies Brothers across Southeast Asia in the late 19th century.

The newly minted A-lister Henry Golding talks about how his once-embarrassing Malaysian heritage is now a source of joy.