The Dubai Sand Witch

I would like to share a little anecdote with you that made me have another one of those: "Oh, Toto, we're not in Kansas any more...

You may remember that last year Nigella Lawson got a lot of flak for wearing what the papers like to describe as a  burkini  on the beach i...

A few of  you may have fallen about laughing at my enthusiastic plans to create a balcony garden detailed in  this  article which I wrote l...

I've been whinging at various stages about the sandstorms that swept over the Emirates recently. I have had a think about it and realise...

As some of you know, I have joined a Nike Running Club. . . . . I've just left a bit of space there for those of you who know m...

I haven't updated in a while because of various things including a trip to Nepal, Christmas, and so on but plan to get back into the hab...

Some Canadians, some Germans, a Namibian, a Kiwi and another Englishwoman and I went on a dune bashing extravaganza in the desert on Friday...