A scaled-back but fiercely intentional 20th-anniversary edition arrives this May – and it may just be the most interesting Art Dubai yet. Art Dubai 2026 takes place 15–17 May at Madinat …
You know that very specific, low-grade panic when you’re at the valet stand at L’ETO in City Walk and you realise your lips have achieved the texture of the Al Qudra desert floor? You’re …
In the rarefied air of haute horlogerie, few objects command attention quite like a square watch. It is a shape that defies the wrist’s natural contour – a quiet rebellion in a world of …
It was in one such space – a hotel atrium perfumed with something expensive and deliberately obscure – that I found myself staring not at the art, but at a man’s pocket. He was pulling out a …
It begins, as all the best obsessions do, with a line. Not just any line, mind you, but the kind Henri Matisse once described as something that “carries the emotion”. A line that dances …
In the grand theatre of modern luxury, the wrist has long played a supporting role – a quiet stage for the humble watch, the delicate chain, the often-forgotten leather strap. But every so …
In a world where the cult of productivity has turned our daily commutes into cognitive marathons and our weekend to-do lists into triathlons, the idea of running towards anything seems, …
There is a precise moment – usually around the third sip of a particularly good Old Fashioned, when the ice has just begun to surrender and the bourbon has reached that exact amber …
There comes a moment – usually around the third unskippable Instagram advertisement for a “healing crystal-infused” water bottle – when the digitally overwhelmed millennial mind begins to …
There are two types of people in this city: those who have cancelled plans because their make-up looked “cakey” in the harsh glare of a Dubai taxi mirror, and liars. Let’s be real. We’ve all …