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magpie Weekly, our free email newsletter, is an essential read for anyone interested in the same kind of things that engage us at magpie. It’s mailed on Thursdays throughout the year (we do take short breaks in the summer and at the turn of the year). In it you’ll find …

  • From the nest – key news for our community summarised, with the editor’s (usually opinionated) commentary
  • Five ‘not to be missed’ upcoming events selected from the full Agenda listings
  • Three of the latest open calls and other opportunities for artists and other creatives from our Opportunities page
  • As a bonus, we include a quote for the week (inspirational, entertaining or apposite, or sometimes all three); and our Earworm of the week, the tune that is currently doing it for us in magpie’s offices.

Here are the most recent From the nest sections:

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magpie Weekly issue 8.10 :: 05 November 2026

5 November 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom Isaac Asimov … Dubai does design Dubai Design Week is upon us, and we think it’s the best [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 8.09 :: 29 October 2026

29 October 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake Ernest Hemingway … Get more creative The programme for Dubai Culture’s Al Quoz Creative Entrepreneurship Forum this weekend has belatedly been [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 8.08 :: 22 October 2026

22 October 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: All of these notes, these drawings, and these sentences written with a marker fade over time. Only the ephemeral lasts Eugène Ionesco … Treasure hunt DCT Abu Dhabi is inviting nominations for its Urban [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 8.07 :: 15 October 2026

15 October 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: I would like my books to say: you are right to be afraid. Be brave, anyway Katherine Rundell … Louvre AD’s new director Congratulations to Souraya Noujaim, named as the next director of the Louvre [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 8.06 :: 8 October 2026

8 October 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three Alice Kahn … ART HERE SOON Louvre Abu Dhabi and Richard Mille have named six shortlisted artists [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 8.05 :: 1 October 2026

2 October 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people Thomas Mann … Frieze framed Details of the Frieze Abu Dhabi programming suggest an approach that is not as busy [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 8.04 :: 24 September 2026

24 September 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success Albert Schweitzer … Buy now Tickets to Guggenheim Abu Dhabi are now on sale – standard AED 70, free for under 18s, students and [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 8.03 :: 17 September 2026

17 September 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing | Robert Benchley … Makeover It only took eight years, but the magpie website finally has had [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 8.02 :: 10 September 2026

10 September 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: Right now, if you’re an employer and you hire someone, you pay payroll taxes on their earnings. But if you buy a robot, you can usually write it off right away as a [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 8.01 :: 3 September 2026

3 September 2026
Editorial musings from the nest The quote: Imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time | Harry Truman … Back in the box As US diplomats, schoolchildren, business executives and Artistic Directors trickle back into the region after the summer, we’re back [… more]

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