The Jean Nouvel-designed National Museum of Qatar opened on March 27th 2019 and it’s a stunning celebration of a young Gulf nation’s heritage – as well as its future. Following his widely acclaimed work on the Louvre Abu Dhabi, French starchitect Jean Nouvel is putting his final touches on yet…
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It’s when you enter the fourth room that your heart stops. Three red sandstone colossi clad in simple white kilts, muscular arms by their sides, stand to attention in a row. Like every other object in this compact but powerful exhibition, they are lit to such perfection that you barely…
You might say many of us already live in a bubble, and that would actually be a good thing if the bubble in question was an eco-friendly, stargazing one like you’ll find at Full of Stars Hotel. Set in Jordan’s Wadi Rum – that scenic, ochre desert you may recall…
Watch what happens when you mention the Trans-Siberian to people – you’ll get one of two reactions. From some you’ll get a moment of reflection, and then of understanding. From others, you’ll get saucer-eyes and a look of longing. Whether or not the Trans-Siberian is on your radar, everyone recognises…
First a disclaimer: I have long had a soft spot for the Four Seasons New York. In fact we go way back. That’s because, during the four years I spent in Rhode Island studying for my bachelor’s degree, I would often try to explore as much of the East Coast…
Is Morocco on your bucket list? It oozes wanderlust, yet for us, it somehow always seems to slip in terms of travel priorities. Perhaps it’s too close to home, or maybe over popular with our region’s masses, but the North African country certainly deserves a fair shake. With its colourful…
A friend who travelled to Paris recently came back with a somewhat cautionary tale: upon her return home, she was surprised to discover that she had been spotted in one of the city’s well-known restaurants – caught on camera by a nearby Kuwaiti food blogger who had posted the footage…
It’s said that La Perle won’t turn a profit for the first five years. That provides some inkling into how much money was spent conceptualising this mind-blowing show and turning it into a reality. Indeed, the four credits pages at the back of the show’s official programme read like a…
Let’s start by setting the scene. You’re in Japan and in front of you is a plate of carefully cut sashimi, laced with all the trimmings: soy sauce, chilli, the works. It looks fairly innocent, right? Wrong, this is a deadly delicacy. The fish in question is fugu and it’s…
LVMH is becoming an ever more important hotelier. Having started with just a single Cheval Blanc hotel in Courchevel, the group then expanded its Aman-esque brand with properties in Saint Barts and the Maldives before establishing a second brand – White 1921 – of glamorous but diminutive boutique hotels smack…