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I visited two very different homes in Abu Dhabi this week. The first, a traditional home belonging to and designed by an Emirati family, was ornate, sprawling and featured numerous majlis’ (rooms used to entertain family and guests), some for … Read more →

‘Sorry about that,’ the Bangladeshi taxi driver said as another car pulled out in front of us. Aggressive lane changing without indicating is common during rush hour in Dubai. I was heading to the Shangri-La hotel for a press dinner … Read more →

The Actor sent a message apologising for his behaviour, ‘I’m trying to reach out to the people I hurt and make amends and I realise I wasn’t fair to you.’ I relayed the story to my friend, Sophie, as we … Read more →

‘You won’t return to the UK once you get used to the sunshine,’ the Kenyan at visa services smiled.
‘You’ve never visited Dubai before but you’ve arrived for work,’ the local at passport control laughed. ‘Welcome.’
‘I want to move … Read more →

Too much exercise is bad for your sex life, apparently. A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina, which involved questioning 1,100 endurance athletes about their sex lives, exercise habits and medical histories, has found a clear association … Read more →

My dates generally fall into one of two types: the quitters; and those who make an effort to impress. There’s usually only one date with a quitter (such as the Comedian), occasionally two (such as the IT – Infected … Read more →

Hungover after too many whiskies at The Hyde Bar the evening before, I lit an Heir & Grace Oudh candle and got into bed with a bag of popcorn and started watching The Minimalists, the ‘documentary about important things’ … Read more →

This year has seen a slew of departed musicians, actors and entertainers. I previously blogged about one of them: Jackie Collins.

Adding to these talents, is someone else who courted controversy, the journalist AA Gill, who died aged 62, … Read more →

How do we define home in our modern, unstable times? I returned home to London during the week of the Brexit vote and will be departing for a new job in the Middle East not long after Donald Trump has … Read more →

After one too many Orkney Bee cocktails with the girls at Smith & Wollensky, we parted to go our separate ways. ‘My head is spinning,’ I messaged our WhatsApp group when I arrived home.

‘You are such a lightweight,’ … Read more →