文化

專欄 香港老番
所有專欄
我的收藏
所有收藏
香港老番
約翰百德
專欄
2020.07.09
理性泛民領導的新時代？
特朗普有什麼不好說的事？他自大、小器又愚昧，他尊崇體制，破壞力十足。應該差不多了。還有，他毫無幽默感。任何擁有相當權力的領袖，都應該懂得運用幽默，更重要的，是懂得接受幽默，這些都是必須的平衡手段。特朗普過去犯了那麼多錯誤、走錯過那麼多路，他愛酸又愛炫，而且完全錯讀諷刺和反話， ...
專欄
2020.07.09
A new era of rational pan-democrat leadership?
What can’t be said about Donald Trump? His egoism. His petty silliness. His destructiveness of revered institutions. That covers almost everything. And, he has no sense of humour. Humour – to give, and more importantly, take – is a necessary leveler for any leader ...
專欄
2020.06.22
繪畫/現在
我這陣子在不停播放蘇格蘭樂隊Arab Strap的歌。他們的音樂就是上星期重要時刻的原聲帶。樂隊以原始的蘇格蘭方言演唱，歌詞令人想起淒慘的風景，還有離離合合的關係，還有令人難以信服，來自濫藥、酗酒、意外的吻或性的愉悅。你讀著本文時，最好可以同時聽聽Arab Strap的作品，包括《The First Big ...
專欄
2020.06.22
Painting Now
I have been binge listening to Scottish band Arab Strap. Their music is the soundtrack to the last momentous weeks. Ideally, while you are reading this, you could also listen to Arab Strap’s songs The First Big Weekend, Girls of Summer or The Shy Retirer – or, any of their so ...
專欄
2020.06.08
我們現在何去何從……？
2019年香港發生示威浪潮期間，報章、社交媒體、電視的報導、文章、分析、照片和錄像多不勝數。每一種角度都有人討論，參與這些全面報導的計有本地和國際新聞機構，也有自由工作者和評論員。聖誕與農曆新年期間示威稍息，首批書冊、相冊和文集也相繼出版。示威期間也有不少低成本雜誌、貼紙、海報和 ...
專欄
2020.06.08
Where Do We Go Now….?
There was a plethora of newspaper, social media, television reports, articles, analysis, photography and video during Hong Kong’s 2019 protests – every angle was discussed: it was a comprehensive coverage undertaken by local and international news organisations, freelancers a ...
專欄
2020.05.24
暫停與教育均有其利
上星期戲院重開，我馬上到訪。因應2019年新冠病毒疫情，戲院座位有了新的安排，也許很多人喜歡這樣：因為部份座位停用，不少座位變成了二人一組、自成一角，情侶爭相選購；單人位也獲單人客垂青。安排可謂近乎完美：煩人的吃爆谷聲或手機屏幕放亮的騷擾不會再在你身旁。然而，戲院不能長此下去，要 ...
專欄
2020.05.24
The Benefits of Pausing – and Education
When the cinemas reopened again last week, I immediately went. Cinema seating has been rearranged by Covid-19 and many might prefer it: seats are blocked off creating isolated islands for two, eagerly grabbed by happy couples, and single seats for the single. It is almost a p ...
專欄
2020.05.08
Hong Kong Flu Isn’t a Dream
My usual hectic Hong Kong capitalist lifestyle has been clipped by Covid-19. I’m no longer executing my imaginary multi-million dollar share trades, or, daydreaming of opening Hong Kong’s best live alternative-music venue. I have ceased lazing on my Mediterranean anchored gho ...
專欄
2020.05.08
香港流感不是夢境
2019年新冠病毒，令我在資本主義香港社會一向繁忙的生活方式大打折扣。我沒有再執行想像中價值數百萬的股票交易，也沒有再做白日夢，想著開辦香港最出色的現場另類音樂表演場地。我不再在停泊地中海的超級遊艇上懶洋洋地過日子，而很久以前，我還在喝出虛構的頂級波爾多紅酒。我也沒有再走訪那間空 ...
專欄
2020.04.24
Some Thoughts On Last Week
Covid-19 continues its spread around the world, meanwhile Hong Kong’s infection rate is dramatically slowing. Meanwhile….
專欄
2020.04.24
一週雜談
2019新冠病毒繼續在全球肆虐，與此同時，香港感染人數字大幅放緩，與此同時…… 西德州中級原油的4月期油價格跌至負數：因為全球產油過剩，儲油設施供不應求，產油商要把原油出貨，便有可能需要給買家付錢。關閉油井並不像關掉水喉般容易：過程既困難又昂貴，而同樣地，要把石油生產重新啟動也是既困 ...
熱門搜尋
回歸25周年 新聞自由 展覽 環保 食譜