FANS of the silver screen across Bahrain are set to discover the thrills and spills of the next generation of film technology as the kingdom’s first IMAX cinema prepares to open this May.
IF you were to take a straw poll of what sort of attraction Bahraini residents would most like to see brought to the kingdom next, another mall would likely fall somewhere between ‘more sheesha cafés’ and ‘a wider selection of shawarma restaurants’ at the bottom of the list.
TECHNOLOGY giant Apple is looking beyond mobile devices to learn how to make a self-driving electric car, and is talking to experts at carmakers and automotive suppliers, a senior auto industry source familiar with the discussions has revealed. The California-based maker of phones, computers and, soon, watches is exploring how to make an entire vehicle, not just designing automotive software or individual components, the auto industry source said.
Mamma mia! A frenzy of fine Italian fare is set to delight diners in Bahrain as two of the kingdom’s leading hotel restaurants aim to offer a taste of the country’s popular cuisine with a unique twist, writes Stan Szecowka.
CHALLENGING times lie in store for Bahrain athletics as the kingdom’s new national triathlon coach aims to train a squad of supreme contenders to enter the Olympic Games.
WORKING alongside a Canadian, Yank, Indian, two Filipinos and a Palestinian it’s hard for the token Brits in the GulfWeekly office (my young whippersnapper reporter Kristian and me) to convince the rest that they really have been missing out when it comes to sampling the taste of true quality cuisine.
IT is an exciting year for the science fiction genre. The schedule is packed with blockbuster after blockbuster, with some of the biggest names in cinema making a grand return.
Despite not playing in the final competition of the series, the duo of Mike Brightmore and Jamie Bowen managed to hold onto their lead to be crowned champions of the six-week long BMMI Shops Monday Madness Night Golf Series at the Royal Golf Club. The pair racked up two first place finishes and a fifth place in the series to achieve 11 points overall, giving them the title just one point ahead of runners-up Nils and Dagfrid Berge. while Abdulrahman Al Amar and Ali Saleh came third with nine points.
