Peter Hellyer

Health and safety rules and guidelines are there for our protection, but lecturing us is just counterproductive.

Tradition of communication between the the UAE's Rulers and its people remains vibrant and relevant.

A recent series of charitable events shows the altruistic side of the UAE, which is too often overlooked, writes Peter Hellyer.

Ministry of Education books used to teach UAE histrory are out of date and should be scrapped.

For those who come from countries where rain is common, soggy weather is little more than a nuisance. For those of us who have spent our lives in the Emirates, rain is something to be welcomed.

I fear that, in the perfectly natural pursuit of development, we are failing to pay sufficient attention to the preservation of aspects of the country that really represent the nature of the Emirates.

The recent story about the Christmas tree at the Emirates Palace Hotel ... showed how badly a story can be spun in the international media.

The Christian monastery on Sir Bani Yas island is, inarguably, one of the most important archaeological sites yet identified in the Emirates and in the whole of the southern Arabian Gulf.

With National Day later this week, it is appropriate to recall some of the changes that have taken place over the years and to give due credit to the nation's founders.

Given the regular warnings from my real bank that I should never divulge personal details or passwords via email, I fail to understand how people continue to fall for this.

There's ample scope, in my view, for a combination of the well-made item that's more expensive and will stand the test of time, and the cheap that won't last so long, but meets a particular short-term need.

I was reminded the other day of a word that first emerged in English (mainly in Britain) in the mid-1960s: the delightful 'jobsworth'.

With organisations warning ever more vocally of the need to conserve fresh water and to reduce consumption of desalinated water, it's certainly time for farmers to start looking for less thirsty crops.

I was delighted to read several weeks ago of the successful venture by Elham Al Qasimi, to become the first UAE national and the first Arab woman to reach the North Pole.

In the UAE, with its intense summer heat and winters that are rarely more than slightly cool, the leaves in their many shades of russet, yellow and brown do not fall from the trees in autumn, to be replaced by new growth in the spring. That's no reason, though, why more effort couldn't be made to make our cities more attractive.