How much of what feels like forgetfulness is actually an overloaded brain, and can learning new skills help build resilience as we age? Plus, new pathways for Emirati orchestral musicians, and how playing in a band can build confidence in children.

How much of what feels like forgetfulness is actually an overloaded brain, and can learning new skills help build resilience as we age? Plus, new pathways for Emirati orchestral musicians, and how playing in a band can build confidence in children.

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Is Your Brain Forgetful — or Just Overloaded?

It might be so busy on a weekend, but what do you do from Monday? We have top tips for restaurant operators on how to distinguish between a temporary squeeze and a business model that isn't working.

We also meet the man behind a pizza place who is so confident in opening during COVID and during more uncertain times.

We fill you with lots of foodie talk from hand rolls to new restaurants opening in September.

Goin' for donuts? We're sharing a hidden gem with you.

And more camps for your little ones and teens are ready be it in a theatre or on the golf course.

 

 

It might be so busy on a weekend, but what do you do from Monday? We have top tips for restaurant operators on how to distinguish between a temporary squeeze and a business model that isn't working.
We also meet the man behind a pizza place who is so confident in opening during COVID and during more uncertain times.
We fill you with lots of foodie talk from hand rolls to new restaurants opening in September.
Goin' for donuts? We're sharing a hidden gem with you.
And more camps for your little ones and teens are ready be it in a theatre or on the golf course.
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The Playbook for Restaurant Operators

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.

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.

Raising grounded kids in Dubai

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, cruises and itineraries with travel journalist Sarah Hedley-Hymers.

After years of bigger, flashier and more Instagrammable, are the ultimate status symbols now things we can’t buy in a boutique: time, privacy, access and the ability to properly switch off? 

We have more camp info for you and your kids that involves actual wood, actual tools and something they've made themselves to bring home.

And we tell you why you should smile at your dog more often.

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, cruises and itineraries with travel journalist Sarah Hedley-Hymers.
After years of bigger, flashier and more Instagrammable, are the ultimate status symbols now things we can&rsquo;t buy in a boutique: time, privacy, access and the ability to properly switch off?&nbsp;
We have more camp info for you and your kids that involves actual wood, actual tools and something they've made themselves to bring home.
And we tell you why you should smile at your dog more often.

Is Your Brain Forgetful — or Just Overloaded?

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