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From Tunisia's congested streets to an abandoned Star Wars set in the desert, graffiti artist eL Seed has carried his work to Doha, Jeddah, Paris and New York, identifiable by its literary references and distinctive, unfurling Arabic lettering.
Travel grew dozens of times faster, yet the industry still dances to an old tune. London's reign as the world's largest naval yard, our writer shows, was driven by ever bigger ships demanding ever bigger docks.
Everything you know about ISON is a lie, she insists. Not a comet but a biosphere, she explains, citing a YouTube video and an alien expert in direct contact with the Andromeda Council. It is not hearsay, apparently.
From Saturday Night Fever to Pulp Fiction, John Travolta has graced the screen since the 1970s. His devotion to acting is matched only by his passion for aviation, qualified to pilot eleven types of jet.
Cornered in the supermarket by a friend nursing yet another failed romance, our writer is told men only acquire a brain after forty, a sweeping generalisation he would never dare make about women to a woman.
Facebook may reconnect old friends and Twitter may keep us abreast of current affairs, but our writer suspects social media's true purpose has always been simpler, namely a relentless, instant tool for self-branding.
After eleven years in the Middle East, Ruth Bradley talks to Bespoke about launching her own consultancy, why she chose Dubai, and how marrying regional know-how with art, fashion and culture promises a winning formula.
Woken at half past two and forbidden the bedside lamp, our writer fumbles in the dark for a small receptacle to spit into. So begins a peculiar and revealing wellness regime.
Working with materials others dismiss as unlovely rubbish, the sculptor Theo Kamecke crafts exquisite pieces that embody duality, belonging simultaneously to the ancient past and the far-flung future, as our writer recalls first discovering.
The indomitable Farida Khelfa's insider documentary on Sarkozy's 2012 campaign drew 1.5 million viewers, not least for Carla Bruni serving coffee mid-football. A woman of genuine allure, she counts among Bruni's closest confidantes.
Whether it is the region's largest collection of Caucasian carpets is debatable; that it is among the most complete is not. Warren Singh-Bartlett meets Aziz Bassoul to explore the austere, geometric sibling of the Persian rug.
From court jesters to stand-up comedians, the sharper-witted have always lampooned the puffed-up and presumptuous. We celebrate our region's storied tradition of satire, from classical poets like Al-Jahiz and Al-Jarir to today's bold comedians.