In Doha, I am wearing an invisibility cloak that keeps blowing off in the wind, at which point people stare and make me nervously fumble to return to invisibility as quickly as possible. Go to Doha if you: are enthusiastic about innovative, modern architecture; want to abstain from alcohol; want to visit one of the […]
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I have a new system for culling and de-cluttering my wardrobe which incorporates my quirks, Mari Kondo’s concept of “does [each and every item inspected one by one] spark joy”, a clipboard, A4 paper and two coloured pens and a Bullet Journal page. Perhaps I shall name it The Kathodic Clothing Cull, The KCC if
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Galleries are exhausting, places a novice critic wanders around slowly, nodding sagely, frowning and expressing seemingly-knowledgeable scrutiny. If you know nothing of significance about art and artefacts, once you abandon any pretense to the contrary, wandering round a gallery really amounts to looking for pieces you’re drawn to because they look pretty/interesting/unusual/familiar. A taxi, a
3.03 pm – 3.09 pm, Monday, 26th March 2018(Room 809, 8th floor, Ibis Al Rigga, Dubai) Double or triple glazed windows don’t open but still hearing constant motorised sound of tens of air conditioning units in operation. Construction bangs, metal on metal, occasional vehicle horns. Plane taking off, Emirates. Dusty and hazy air merging into
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Roseleaf Cafe, at the back of Dubai Garden Centre, just off Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Quoz, 10-minute walk from FGB Metro Station March, 2018. Tuesday, 11.45 am. (*score out of 10) The flat white: 8. Looked too dark to not be bitter and it was a bit bitter, but still a nice coffee though. Although
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Have most people been using curry leaves for ages and kept this culinary gem secret?! Go on, add to the list of people, roll your eyes and exclaim you’ve been using them for years. However, on the off chance your curry leaf experience has been either non-existent or reliant solely on crumbly, uninspiring dried curry
