James Langton

From Masdar and the Emirates Palace to the F1 Grand Prix and the Yas Mall, the last ten years of Sheikh Khalifa have seen the march of progress.

Carmen Chaplin directed A Time For Everything in memory of her grandfather, film star Charlie Chaplin, and his watch. As well as the timepiece, the family have also inherited his artistic skills.

Red turns to green on a computer screen, signifying completion of the museum’s dome and a major milestone in its construction. For the workforce it’s just another day – but not for Louvre watchers.

At 45 years young, Al Ittihad is the UAE's oldest Arabic language national newspaper. When it was published for the first time, on October 20, 1969, the name, Al Ittihad — The Union — was an expression of belief in the future.

Portrait of an Unknown Woman will be displayed at the Louvre Abu Dhabi when it opens next year. The Italian artist himself is not better known, yet his undeniable genius makes him and his works an ongoing fascinating study.

The photograph, taken in 1973 by Alain St Hilaire, shows the fishing fleet of mostly dhows moored in the harbour of Khor Fakkan

In this week's time frame, the photograph was taken in 1973 by Alain St Hilaire who visited all seven emirates over the course of several visits here. It shows the fishing fleet, mostly dhows, moored in the harbour of Khor Fakkan, which translates approximately as “the Creek of Two Jaws.”

The veteran musician turns 80 on Sunday and the following day releases his latest album in a distinguished musical career. Despite his enduring success, however, his eight decades on Earth haven’t all been smooth sailing.

With nearly 60 conflicts raging around the world last year, the idea of what constitutes a war has become difficult to define. Whether it is a violent crisis, a limited war or an all-out war, modern warfare has taken on a new dimension.

While the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi may be more than a year away, a series of now-completed mock-up galleries are ensuring that there will be no surprises in completing what will undoubtedly be one of the UAE's most iconic buildings, James Langton reports

A new history of the British involvement in Iraq during the Great War and its immediate aftermath paints a grimly familiar picture – of imperial hubris and overreach, of violent resistance and repression, and of insatiable thirst for oil.

A senior executive with Qatar’s TV network Al Jazeera was closely involved with setting up the London news website Middle East Eye, some of whose staff have links to organisations sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood.

1964 was the year that the 1960s really arrived in the United States. In the counterculture enclave of Greenwich Village in New York City, a young singer called Bob Dylan had just released his first album of self-penned songs, including the track The Times They Are A-Changin’. It was not so much a prophecy as an observation.