I landed in Hong Kong on a Sunday evening, arriving from Singapore just as the sky was turning dark. It was my first time in Hong Kong, and notably, my first time anywhere that is officially part of China. I have not yet been…
Autumn 2025 unfolded as a season of return and departure, of unpacking and repacking, of settling in and setting off again. It began on a volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic and ended somewhere between Bangkok traffic and London frost. In between,…


