The landscape of the Emirates is dotted with little bits of history: a murabaa (watch tower) speaks of a conflict between emirates or tribe...

Well, it would appear as if 5pm on Friday the 7th of February is the time to be at the Intercon Festival City. That's when I'l...

So this is the cover of Children of the Seven Sands and I think (I could perhaps be accused of being ever so slightly biased) it's ...

The Iron Age Fort at Jebel Buhais, imaged by an ex-drone I have posted previously about my acquisition of a DJI Mavic Pro drone and...

We took an A380. It's quicker... So, here we are back 'in station' from 'leave in UK'. The coming week will invo...

Frequently Asked Questions #SharjahSaturday  What IS #SharjahSaturday? It's just a wee Twitter hashtag. I've proposed a route ...

Al Hisn Sharjah Soooo, here's the scheme. Wandering back from Rain Room and the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation, we find ...

The flowering of Islamic science resulted not only in the translation and preservation of the knowledge of the ancients, but in a remark...

Fen's chocolate cake. This is actually legal . Returning from the desert and its amazing wildlife, the idea is to drop into the ...

The Handley Page HP42 - in its time, a technological revolution One of the reasons that Sharjah's Mahatta Fort is a favourite o...

We went to stay with friends over the summer - they had lived here in the Emirates but returned to Holland, being Dutch as they is. Andr...

Jebel Mleiha Squelching through a muddy field packed with incurious sheep to once again recover the stupid toy drone I was trying to...

The site of Ed-Dur. Nothing to see here, folks. Move on, move on... In the heady days of the building boom, back in the early 'n...

The stunning Mleiha Archaeological Centre - the only such centre in the Emirates, sadly... I was rabbiting on about the amazing arch...

The site at Faya-1 It's a little appreciated fact, but on the edge of the desert interior of Sharjah lies a site which marks ...

Restored Hafit culture tombs on the foothills of Jebel Hafit Al Ain has many things to recommend it as a weekend getaway - not lea...

Fujairah Fort The human history of the Emirates is all around you, often hidden away in the most surprising places. The Emirates i...