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And so this is Christmas...
“And so this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year over, a new one just begun”. John and Yoko/Plastic Ono Band, the Harlem...

Hans Ebert
Dec 20, 20214 min read


And then there’s Zac...
It’s not writer’s block, but some things, like the Longines Hong Kong International Races yesterday at Shatin, are almost impossible to...

Hans Ebert
Dec 13, 20214 min read


Of birthdays, rebirth days and Hong Kong coming together
Maybe it’s just me, but the Road Runner and Wile E Coyote have been giving us life lessons for decades. Beep beep. So have Porky Pig and...

Hans Ebert
Dec 12, 20213 min read


Getting back to John Lennon
I was in advertising and writing some copy when there was a call from (Cantopop pioneer) Sam Hui. “Have you heard about John Lennon?” he...

Hans Ebert
Dec 9, 20213 min read


Learning to live again without fear
It’s unfortunate that growing up often means losing one’s imagination and no longer believing in magic and all that’s associated with...

Hans Ebert
Dec 8, 20213 min read


When a picture paints a thousand memories...
Sometimes we need to be reminded about what Hong Kong once was to see the journey this barren rock has taken to become one of the most...

Hans Ebert
Dec 7, 20213 min read


Making sense of an upside down fruitcake world
You don’t choose Christmas to break off a relationship. Actually there’s no “good time” to break off anything. Things just happen,...

Hans Ebert
Dec 5, 20215 min read


Getting Back with the Beatles
Around twenty minutes into the second episode of “The Beatles: Get Back”, though I still hadn’t been able to watch the first episode, I...

Hans Ebert
Nov 28, 20215 min read



Hans Ebert
Nov 26, 20210 min read


Breaking with tradition
There’s always a need to break with tradition and stop being a creature of habit. Every woman who has lived with me would hardly describe...

Hans Ebert
Nov 26, 20212 min read


The meaningless of awards shows
As a wide eyed kid and watching television with my parents and also when first married, there was a certain excitement in knowing who the...

Hans Ebert
Nov 26, 20215 min read


But who and what’s going to make Hong Kong rattle and hum again?
It’s going to be a very tough task for the Mauritian Magician Karis Teetan to ride three winners tonight. This is what he needs to do to...

Hans Ebert
Nov 24, 20213 min read


Getting back to the Beatles...and the magic of music
It refuses to play second fiddle to anything and anyone. It will never ever go away, and it cannot be silenced. That’s because Music...

Hans Ebert
Nov 21, 20214 min read


18 November 2021
You’ll always be my baby girl No matter how old you are Flesh and blood never disappears Though you always carry the scars Words said...

Hans Ebert
Nov 18, 20211 min read


15 November 2021
I am a very lucky man Seeing where I was and where I am today It’s not a place that can be described Life stories with twists and turns...

Hans Ebert
Nov 18, 20212 min read


11 November 2021
Saw a band performing tonight They were following a gag order But music should be liberating and free Full of fun and joy and le vida...

Hans Ebert
Nov 18, 20211 min read


Adrenaline is...cool??? Are you serious???
It was Rock critic Jon Landau who famously or infamously declared in Rolling Stone many decades ago how he had seen the future of Rock...

Hans Ebert
Nov 18, 20214 min read


Those in Hong Kong who made a career in music work for them...
Before she and her partner quietly slipped out of Hong Kong for Dubai, someone I had got to know reasonably well for over a period of 2-3...

Hans Ebert
Nov 16, 20218 min read


There's nothing wrong getting sappy
It had been playing in the background on and off for the past couple of months. This night, I was writing and wrestling trying to find...

Hans Ebert
Nov 12, 20212 min read


2021 SaSa Ladies Purse Day and letting them eat cake...
Horse racing is a funny game- always has been, always will be. It’s often quite Campton Races do-dah do dah. In Hong Kong, where much has...

Hans Ebert
Nov 12, 20214 min read
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