Mel Jacoby's wartime Asia

Wallis Simpson in China (11-1-2025)

Wallis Simpson spent a year in HK and mainland China in 1924-5 - a decade before she met the British king and caused him to abdicate. In Her Lotus Year, author Paul French, tells how she fled a violent marriage in Hong Kong before journeying on to Ca...

Macau - City of the Name of God (04-01-2025)

In the autumn of 1999 Annemarie spent a lot of time in Macau preparing four programmes to run in the December to mark the handover of Macau to China. City of the Name of God featured multiple interviews with priests, a bishop, Hong Kong Macanese and Po...

Hungry Ghosts Festival at Staunton Street: George Wan of Hide and Seek Tours and Conservationist Ka

It's time for the hungry ghosts to return - so we must put out food to feed and appease. George Wan of Hide and Seek Tours and conservationist Katty Law talked to Annemarie about the Hungry Ghosts Festival at Staunton Street

Jonathan Wattis on artist George Chinnery

Antiquarian Jonathan Wattis talks to Annemarie about how George Chinnery's art inspired him to take the path he did - having a gallery in Hong Kong. They also talk about Geoffrey Bonsall and his ability to read Chinnery's shorthand; oil paints and...

Mel Jacoby's wartime Asia

Melville Jacoby came to Guangdong in 1936 - it was supposed to be just for a year. But the US student became intensely interested in China and was aware that war loomed. So he returned. US journalist Bill Lascher inherited Jacoby's photos, journals and...