Guitarist Kel and I went all the way to Umm Al Quwain to the Holwin' Rooster Guitars & Such, and luthier Basil showed us how to make a guitar. 

Guitarist Kel and I went all the way to Umm Al Quwain to the Holwin' Rooster Guitars &amp; Such, and luthier Basil showed us how to make a guitar.

Musicians and music, entertainers and entertainment, interviews, industry gossip and songs selected by you. Mark Lloyd brings you an energetic evening of local and international show-biz and celebrity content and contests, with the chance to pick your favourite jukebox hits, every night from 8pm. 

Musicians and music, entertainers and entertainment, interviews, industry gossip and songs selected by you. Mark Lloyd brings you an energetic evening of local and international show-biz and celebrity content and contests, with the chance to pick your favourite jukebox hits, every night from 8pm.&nbsp;

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I made a guitar!

From Ivy League graduate to global fashion runways, from Hollywood sets to birth advocacy to Dubai’s Gladiator Summit, Yaya DaCosta joins Helen to discuss how her career has never followed a single lane.

Meanwhile, the precautionary recall of a specific infant formula by Nestlé has some parents worried – but should they be? We ask Aisling Oslizlok, Paediatric Dietitian at Genesis Healthcare Center.
And with some parents across the UAE discovering their child may be eligible to start school earlier than OT Adam Griffin and educational designer Hollie Mayes talk school readiness. 

From Ivy League graduate to global fashion runways, from Hollywood sets to birth advocacy to Dubai&rsquo;s Gladiator Summit, Yaya DaCosta joins Helen to discuss how her career has never followed a single lane.
Meanwhile, the precautionary recall of a specific infant formula by Nestl&eacute; has some parents worried &ndash; but should they be? We ask Aisling Oslizlok, Paediatric Dietitian at Genesis Healthcare Center. And with some parents across the UAE discovering their child may be eligible to start school earlier than OT Adam Griffin and educational designer Hollie Mayes talk school readiness.&nbsp;

Movies, motherhood & (role)modelling

A UK GP has been suspended after faking appointments so she could leave work in time for the school run- leaving many parents asking the same question: why does it still feel risky to be honest about childcare at work? Helen asks campaigner Joeli Brearly, founder of Pregnant Then Screwed, and workplace culture consultant Lorna King.

Plus, as new research suggests tracking our kids could make them less independent and more anxious, we talk tech and trust with psychologist Mark Samways, while digital educator Philippa Wraithmell is on hand with all the info you need to make your household’s devices work FOR them in 2026.

A UK GP has been suspended after faking appointments so she could leave work in time for the school run- leaving many parents asking the same question: why does it still feel risky to be honest about childcare at work? Helen asks campaigner Joeli Brearly, founder of Pregnant Then Screwed, and workplace culture consultant Lorna King.
Plus, as new research suggests tracking our kids could make them less independent and more anxious, we talk tech and trust with psychologist Mark Samways, while digital educator Philippa Wraithmell is on hand with all the info you need to make your household&rsquo;s devices work FOR them in 2026.

Would you lie to make it to pick-up on time?

She’s amassed millions of followers for her kitchen DJ sets. Now, 63-year-old Crazy Auntie Ann is in Dubai to show us how to live it up at any age – while the founders of Please Leave By 10 say you don’t even need to stay up late to have a dance.
Meanwhile, Helen delves into the British Embassy’s updated advice to new arrivals to the UAE, and as the UAE lowers its legal age of adulthood, we discuss the realities of growing up with Dr Thoriya.

She&rsquo;s amassed millions of followers for her kitchen DJ sets. Now, 63-year-old Crazy Auntie Ann is in Dubai to show us how to live it up at any age &ndash; while the founders of Please Leave By 10 say you don&rsquo;t even need to stay up late to have a dance. Meanwhile, Helen delves into the British Embassy&rsquo;s updated advice to new arrivals to the UAE, and as the UAE lowers its legal age of adulthood, we discuss the realities of growing up with Dr Thoriya.

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