This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same Carlos Castaneda Jazz Abu Dhabi … It was International Jazz Day yesterday (30 April), but jazz [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Advice to writers: sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin Stanisław Jerzy Lec Hatta tip Get yourself to Leem Lake in Hatta to see Deliberate Pauses, an al fresco installation by Shaikha [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Try to stay passionate, leave your cool to constellations. Passion, above all, is a remedy against boredom Joseph Brodsky Dubai’s the place to be That’s because it’s Art Dubai time, of course, and much [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote There is an art, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss Douglas Adams Buy the numbers The global art market in [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote We are never definitely right; we can only be sure we are definitely wrong Richard Feynman See me, feel me We’ve been watching DXB Unheard, basically so that you don’t have to. It’s [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Toys are really not as innocent as they look. Toys and games are the preludes to serious ideas Charles Eames Design for performance World Stage Design is a pretty special event, a quadrennial [ … ]