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This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: I wonder if a single thought that has helped forward the human spirit has ever been conceived or written down in an enormous room Kenneth Clark … The place to be No apologies for [ … more]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance Rem Koolhaas … Abu Dhabi art week? Abu Dhabi seems to be acquiring an art week, possibly a whole art festival. There’s Abu Dhabi Art (plus its [ … more]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: Literature has the same impact as a match lit in the middle of a field in the middle of the night. The match illuminates relatively little, but it enables us to see [ … more]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late Benjamin Franklin Dubai gets a museum too The big news in Dubai this week was the announcement of DUMA, the Dubai [ … more]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote It’s through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good Paula Scher ZNM opens RSN The Zayed National Museum will open its doors to the public on 3 December – [ … more]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction Francis Picabia It’s the end of Abu Dhabi Art as we know it Having established itself as the biggest regional art fair of 2025, Abu Dhabi [ … more]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote Every day you live, you make a difference. You matter. You’re here for a reason. Find the reason. And do your bit. Then, we can save the world Jane Goodall Critical choice Sharjah [ … more]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: I recommend the freedom that comes from asking: “Compared to what?” Gloria Steinem Catch ’em while you can Today and tomorrow (1 and 2 October) Abu Dhabi’s Bassam Freiha Art Foundation is hosting [ … more]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: The cause of death is birth David Hockney A smile for Gaza Just when you think it couldn’t be worse, a group of 9-11 year old children in Gaza made a funny animated film about [ … more]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: World is crazier and more of it than we think  / Incorrigibly plural Louis MacNiece And, just like that, summer’s over and magpie Weekly is back – ready, willing, nay eager to keep [ … more]