Formula 1 TV audiences were down in 2004. This is the finding of the UK-based marketing agency, Initiative Futures, which analyses TV viewing of the world’s big sporting events including the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the Tour de France, soccer, rugby and cricket World Cups. The agency says that around 800m people tuned into …
I’ve never really stopped taking pictures. Ask my family. I’ve been taking pictures since I was a young lad and my dad bought me a Russian 35mm camera and a full darkroom! I know I have some of my early work somewhere in boxes. I think I should bring them out and start scanning them …
A study by international firm Arthur D. Little (ADL) has identified three key bottlenecks in Bahrain’s journey to becoming an industrial and economic leader, writes Meera Ravi. The bottlenecks are: gaps in innovation capacity created by non-availability of engineers and scientists with top-quality academic training and lack of superior school education; a bureaucratic process that …
Bahrain – the smallest Gulf state – has unfurled the world’s largest national flag at a sports stadium car park. The flag measures 169.5 metres (555 feet) by 97.1 metres (318 feet) and has been checked by a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records. The venue was chosen because the red and white …
It’s 11 days to Christmas and I haven’t done any shopping yet, I think this year I might as just bring out my “Muslim” card, grow a beard for a few days and look up, lifting my head while declaring to a household that has got used to celebrating every religion’s holidays that we shall …