Dubai’s ping pong nightclub
With three bars serving luxury cocktails, an outdoor terrace, a live DJ and a gold-plated ping pong table, SPiN Dubai could be the swankiest games club in the world.
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Dubai’s toilet block cafe
The Archive community centre, built in a former bathroom building, is luring the city’s hipsters with art and design books, weekend brunches and calligraphy workshops.
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The rise of Dubai’s variety clubs
Following the success of Beirut’s infamous MusicHall and London’s raunchy The Box, Dubai’s new wave of club owners are quickly cashing in on decadent late night fun.
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The world’s most lucrative horse race
A purse of $10 million awaits the winner of the Dubai World Cup, an annual highlight of the city’s spring social season where it is as much about the hats as it is the horses.
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Ibiza nights in the Middle East
In a city that likes to see and be seen – preferably in high-heeled Christian Louboutins – the latest star to walk up Dubai’s red carpet is legendary Ibizian beach bar Café Del Mar.
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In Dubai, spring is a time for polo
In a country known both for its love of Arabian horses and for all things expensive, polo has risen from a niche sport to an annual fixture on the city’s social calendar.
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