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Banter from Bahrain

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailSeptember 11, 2014Updated:April 26, 2017No Comments3 Mins Read
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A column by Mike Bruton

 

A column by Mike Bruton

COLUMNS 

Thu, 13 Nov, 2014

Banter from Bahrain: Is this Bahrain?
I sometimes have to pinch myself to remember that I am in an Islamic country.
COLUMNS 

Thu, 6 Nov, 2014

Banter from Bahrain: Do we really need the real thing?

There is a debate in museum and science centre circles at the moment about the value of the ‘real thing’.

COLUMNS 

Thu, 30 Oct, 2014

Banter from Bahrain: Shark fin soup

Although it is a slight exaggeration to say that you are more likely to be bitten by Uruguayan and Barcelona footballer Luis Suarez than by a shark, there is no doubt that sharks have received an undeservedly bad press and are still hugely under appreciated.

COLUMNS 

Thu, 23 Oct, 2014

Banter from Bahrain: Dirty Money and Fist Pumps

The ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has already claimed over 4 700 lives and threatens to kill over 20 000 more people according to the World Health Organisation, has raised everyone’s awareness of the risk of infections.

COLUMNS 

Thu, 16 Oct, 2014

Banter from Bahrain: Slumdog Rocket Scientist

Banter from Bahrain Nearly half (45.6%) of the residents of Bahrain are Asians and most of them are from India.

 
COLUMNS  

Thu, 11 Sep, 2014

Banter from Bahrain: Strange Rites and Wrongs

The differences between human cultures are perhaps most starkly seen in the way that they deal with the deaths of loved ones.

COLUMNS  

Wed, 3 Sep, 2014

Banter from Bahrain: Archaeologist's dilemma

My favourite place in Bahrain is Qal’at al-Bahrain or Bahrain Fort. It is Bahrain’s most important archaeological site and one of the most valuable historic sites in the whole Gulf region, which is why it has been accorded World Heritage Site status by Unesco.

COLUMNS  

Thu, 28 Aug, 2014

Banter from Bahrain Hurry up and do nothing

Road traffic in Bahrain is something akin to ‘Brownian Motion’, which can be defined as ‘the random motion of particles resulting from collisions between them’.

COLUMNS  

Fri, 5 Jul, 2013

Banter from Bahrain: An island with a noble history

Tiny Bahrain has a rich and varied history punctuated by serial conquests, grand emperors, lucrative trade, an oil boom, fabulous wealth, and well-meaning kings. It is a microcosm of the Arab world.

COLUMNS  Tue, 26 Feb, 2013
Banter from Bahrain:The Baghdad Battery

Credit for the invention of the battery is usually given to the Italian scientist, Alessandro Volta. In 1799 he invented the ‘Voltaic Pile’ and famously demonstrated it to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

 

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