Television
With my unsociable hours I'm lucky if I catch the news. However, my trusty video machine keeps me up to date with The West Wing, ER and Friends. I even managed to catch most of the riveting CEO Exchange series this year.
Press
Design Week: Essential for all brand and design aficionados. Wish we had an equivalent in Asia.
Fast Company: Still manages to capture what's important for modern companies and their management.
Empire: Top magazine for film fanatics.
Hello: My only vice.
Websites
Fortune.com for in-depth business stories, charting the rise and fall of the rich and famous.
Scmp.com to keep abreast of what's happening in Hong Kong and China.
News.bbc.co.uk so I can maintain a meaningful conversation with my teenage nieces and nephews in the UK.
Friendsreunited.co.uk to find out what my old classmates are up to.
Cathaypacific.com/chl for when I want to dream of beach getaways.
Advertising
The series of classic ads from Hamlet cigars. Always funny, the instantly recognisable campaigns ran from 1964 to 1991, documenting the frequency with which poor mortals fall into despair, but how relief is easily had with Hamlet cigars, all to the sound of Bach and the tagline: 'Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet ... the mild cigar'.
Radio
RTHK Radio 3 Hong Kong Today is my wake-up call. Informative and slightly irreverent, it reminds me of the local radio stations in the UK.
