Deira Diary

That is a line from a song, right? God knows I should know. Things have been vertically eratic since that last solidly negative entry way ba...

It's two cans of Heineken and the washing up as a grey film of indifference forms a grim veneer over Thursday night in Al-Hamriya, Bur D...

Does life begin at 44, or does the greying, sagging quality of each naked morning deepen as the months drift by? Caught at the existential f...

Christmas in Dubai was weird. We are broke, so my present to my wife was a shirt that I never wear, and her present to me was nicely present...

It was good to see that Dubai Lime have restarted their residency at the Loft and were kicking things off with a party for all Limers and wi...

Thrilling news that the internationally-acclaimed jazz artiste Mr David Gray will be gracing us with his presence as this year's much la...

(Quote: Money Week magazine, 5 Nov 2007) ".......Moreover, Gordon Brown may yet share the fate of another Prime Minister. James Callagh...