Six degrees of separation from Danish architect Jan Gehl

Jan Gehl, the Danish architect and urban planner behind the world's longest pedestrian street, in Copenhagen, will have a film of his screened today in Wan Chai's Agnes b Cinema as part of the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture. The 79-year-old Gehl has worked over the years to improve the livability of cities, seeing them more as places for humans instead of vehicles. He has worked on projects in Sao Paolo, New York and Mexico City and, a few years ago, he sat down to dinner with Moscow's mayor, to update him on the "Copenhagenisation" of the Russian capital. The mayor's name was Sergei Sobyanin …

Best known for his roles as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and Magneto in the X-Men films, McKellen has also played most of the major Shakespearean heroes and villains. Born and raised in northern England, he saw his first play (Peter Pan) at the age of three, made his stage debut aged six and today has more than 50 international acting awards to his name. In August, he was staying in a friend's Manhattan apartment when he was suddenly evicted. The reason? The property had been bought by Taylor Swift …