Afternoons with Helen Farmer

Dubai is an amazing place to raise kids, but when five-star hotels, holidays, brunches, deliveries and household help are just part of everyday life, how do we teach our children to appreciate more what they have?

And probably the remaining weeks of summer break is your time to declutter... the help you need is here.

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A Porter Airlines flight, which was preparing to depart from Victoria to Toronto had to return to the terminal as a "young child was standing in their seat and would not secure their seat belt". The delay meant the flight could not depart before the runway closed after midnight so passengers had to be rebooked on a flight the following day. Discussing travel etiquette, cruise...

If you graduated from a university in the UK, what happened to your student loan? Have you finished paying it off, or is it still hanging over you 17 years later?

Sending children to private schools here in the UAE takes a huge chunk out of our budget. So, how much do we actually need to spend to give our kids a good education?

A new report suggests that, for ma...

Many experienced women are finding it hard to find employment nowadays. What does ageism in recruitment actually look like?

Dubai Police have joined us to talk about Hemaya International Centre and how 1,402 students from 31 nationalities graduated through its 2026 Summer Student Programme.

We meet a teenager who has lived with more than 50 severe food allergies...

Homegrown favourites under one roof in Mirdif, staycays, Dubai’s heaviest chicken sandwich – we’ve got more on the list!

From the kitchens of some of India’s most celebrated hotels to 15 years helping turn Dishoom into a household name in the UK, Chef Naved Nasir has spent much of his career telling stories through Indian food.

Open kitchen, no delivery. What’s...