I have news. I’ve been had by Dubai’s financial advisors. So what? After all, I am but one of many. Well, let me not mince words: NEVER TAKE OUT THESE POLICIES. You know the type,… View Post
On stage moderating Majid Al Futtaim‘s CEO panel discussion. They’re investing 30 billion AED in the UAE over the next 10 years. That’s massive. Especially when you know they invested 18 billion over the last… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Four years ago a sprightly 70- year-old Frenchman decided he was done paying tax on his €8 million (Dh33.2m), sitting in a European account (not in France), and… View Post
I am shellshocked. I had waited for a special occasion to introduce my son to Tom & Serg, and this was it. What was planned as a 40 minute treat turned into being told we… View Post
My purse is in pain It puts quite a strain On the life that I know Because, well, my cash flow Is more of a trickle And now I’m in a pickle I just about… View Post
“We do not think of the power stolen from us and the power withheld from us in the name of the institution of motherhood” Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, Rich (1976) (p.… View Post
It’s a constant conundrum being mummy & me With the permanent question: This time, whose turn will it be? Motherhood has been skewed To mean sacrifice & servitude Married or not No, it’s not your… View Post
The whole of life. In a few pencil strokes. Lifetimes can be spent, and sometimes lost, figuring this sort of stuff out. Keanan and I make things together. Things like cards. So when my latest… View Post
Let me tell you about my devotion to our big beautiful ocean It covers 70% of our earth without it, there would be a dearth Of something that’s just hanging there filling up all… View Post
Keanan and I went on an 8 week adventure during the summer of 2014 that saw us take off 9 times (that bit I’d rather not repeat – too much time in the air), from… View Post