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Not yet thirty, Sotheby's specialist Lina Lazaar Jameel has pushed contemporary Arab art to the fore of the global scene. Tunisian-born, Riyadh-raised and Geneva-schooled, she opens our conversation, improbably, with mathematics and the nature of truth.
Launched in 1999 as the seventy-metre Boadicea, then lengthened and lavishly refitted, this transformed vessel boasts five decks and a double-height atrium. We survey the breathtaking craft redefining life aboard the world's finest yachts.
From the Louvre to the Metropolitan and the Victoria and Albert, the great institutions have long guarded Islamic art's heritage. Now their gaze is shifting decisively towards the vibrant contemporary art of the region.
Founded by Saudi Arabia's deputy minister of defence, Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Living Oceans Foundation devotes its time and resources to conserving and restoring our increasingly stressed marine life.
At the heart of the Arabian Peninsula, the relentless sun shapes everything. Since 1976 the Riyadh Development Authority and architects AS&P have nurtured the Qasr al-Hokm district, honouring deep cultural, political and commercial tradition.
He deserves praise, even if he plainly dislikes it. In Medgulf's executive suite overlooking Solidere and the sea, John Andrews coaxes a reluctant Lutfi Fadel el-Zein to reflect on building the region's largest insurer.
Before the stunning view of Jounieh Bay, it is Marwan Zgheib's Hussein Madi sculptures that arrest the eye, bold geometric folds of punched metal. We meet a collector whose passion shapes every corner.
Our pick of new hotel openings spans Anantara's third UAE property, the Eastern Mangroves in Abu Dhabi with its vast Royal Mangroves residence, and the St Regis chain's first African resort, on the south-western tip of Mauritius.
You know that thrilling second before lift-off, when you seem to rise faster than your own body? Now imagine floating in it. We chase the weightless sensation you would expect only in orbit, on the Moon or Mars.
Commercial space travel was long dismissed as fantasy, its logistics deemed insurmountable rather than merely costly. But Branson never ignores a challenge, and where commercial viability beckons, he is determined to take the idea as far as possible.
With a mischievous glint, rolled-up jeans and yellow suede shoes, Sarkis Dersahagian declares fashion irresistibly theatrical. He never imagined another life, and his playful conviction lights up our conversation about creativity, instinct and self-expression.
Five hundred million of us now broadcast our every mood, insight and outrage in tweets, warned that silence means falling behind. A spirited meditation on social media's grip and the quiet pleasures of switching off.