Nick March
Nick March
Assistant Editor-in-Chief


Some employees at this time of year are also 'quiet vacationing' – working from elsewhere without admitting to being away. Getty Images
How ‘coffee badging’ and other trends percolated into global workplace culture

It might be a sequence of smaller changes that we're seeing in offices rather than any great reset after the pandemic

July 05, 2024, 4:00 AM
A placard with photos of those killed on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 is held up as Boeing's CEO, Dave Calhoun, testifies before the US Senate in Washington this week. Reuters
If car recalls raise your eyebrows, remember Boeing's breakdown

Automobile companies are adopting a 'safety first' approach, and existing and potential customers shouldn't be put off by it

June 21, 2024, 5:30 AM
US captain Monank Patel plays a shot during the Men's T20 World Cup match against Canada in Grand Prairie, Texas, this week. AFP
Is cricket's 'American dream' more than just a novel idea?

With the US co-hosting the World Cup, people are asking whether the sport can go mainstream stateside

June 06, 2024, 3:00 PM
Phil Foden during a trophy parade in Manchester, after they won their fourth successive Premier League title and their sixth in seven years. Picture date: Sunday May 26, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Man City. Photo credit should read: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire.

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Man City 2023/24 season review and player ratings

Pep Guardiola's team enjoyed another brilliant campaign that included a fourth straight Premier League title

May 27, 2024, 9:34 AM
By many measures, the UAE is already performing well in areas of society that contribute to quality of life. Delores Johnson / The National
The UAE has plans to raise the quality of life, but what does that mean?

There are any number of metrics to define what is a broad concept, but the ambition to do so is an important one

May 23, 2024, 2:00 PM
Abu Dhabi Streets never shares exact locations for the buildings they feature. Credit: Abu Dhabi Streets
The quiet beauty of Abu Dhabi's side streets

An Instagram account is keeping track of the history and progress of the UAE capital

May 09, 2024, 2:00 PM
The Club Abu Dhabi. Photo: The Club
How The Club, an Abu Dhabi fixture since 1962, pulled through last week's storm

The Club’s narrative is one of round-the-clock clean-up operations and of a resilient community pulling together

April 26, 2024, 7:00 AM
Where once we may have kept family photographs in a drawer or family albums, now we have ceded some of our ownership rights over to the platforms where we posted them. Silvio Rusmigo / The National
Ironies of the data-soaked world of today

We're drowning in data. And yet we may have lost what we should be saving, we may have kept what we should have lost

April 11, 2024, 2:00 PM
An overview of Abu Dhabi as seen from a commercial building under construction on Al Maryah Island in 2010. Handout
Abu Dhabi's property market has had one cycle: 'boom to steady'

Despite some remaining hotspots, inadequate supply and choice of housing stock are a thing of the past

March 29, 2024, 4:00 AM
A municipal worker disinfects the streets as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 in downtown Dubai in March 2020. AFP
A pandemic novel reminds us of difficult days behind us

Reading 'Fourteen Days' took me back four years, when the onset of Covid-19 felt an unprecedented moment in history

March 15, 2024, 7:00 AM
Mohammed Alardhi, executive chairman of Investcorp. Phil Weymouth / The National
Book review: Connecting to the Future by Mohammed Alardhi

Investcorp executive chairman reflects on his life and career to provide insight on leadership, change and growth

March 12, 2024, 3:00 AM
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi has installed the first plaque on the facade of the Cultural Foundation. Abu Dhabi Media Office
Abu Dhabi is signposting its past as it heads towards its future

Installing plaques at landmarks is key to documenting the emirate's history as its popularity increases

March 01, 2024, 4:00 AM
Actors Ji-young Yoo and Nicole Kidman in a scene for the Amazon Prime series 'Expats'. EPA
Why the deft observations of cloistered lives in 'Expats' might hit a nerve

A slow-burn drama about privilege and wealth in Hong Kong is both flawless and flawed

February 16, 2024, 4:00 AM
A drone taxi at the Gitex 2017 exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Omar Al Olama, Minister of State for AI, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, has said that the UAE isn't only looking for economic benefits as it seeks to become a leader in the sector. AFP
AI will change the world, but it won't do so overnight

The gradual pace of change will give the technology's stakeholders the chance to maximise its benefits and mitigate its drawbacks

February 02, 2024, 4:00 AM
Customers stand in lines at the cashiers of a store that accepts the Venezuelan cryptocurrency Petro, in Caracas, in 2019. AFP
The curious case of the crypto comeback

Many don't understand or use digital currencies, yet it doesn't seem to matter that they don't

January 18, 2024, 2:00 PM