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I’ve been in lockdown for three weeks today, since my wife and I waved our daughter goodbye at Muscat International Airport. We never knew then what tomorrow, next week, or next month, let alone...

There is no doubt that rather than just talking about COVID-19, people all around the world are sharing their experiences, thoughts and opinions in regard to their management of the respiratory...

Photos by Yelena Glukhovtseva Historians still disagree whether moving the glassmaking industry from the magnificent city of Venezia, or Venice as we know it today, was to protect the city, or to...

Muscat: The Covid-19 pandemic’s first significant impact on the Sultanate’s society and communities occurred when school pupils were sent home as a precaution, followed a short time later when all...

Now and again, a story reaches out to you from nowhere, and recently, that's certainly how one Darrel Pinto, a humble House Captain at the Masirah Island Resort, and I crossed paths. Lena,...

I’m no different, I believe, to most people at the moment, in respect of how much and what I know about COVID-19, so I will share that with you, what I’m going to do about it, and how I think we...

The art of fashion in feathers, or plumasserie, is one that originated in South America, but is one in which the French have excelled since the 13th Century, when peacock hatters began to use the...

MUSCAT, MARCH 16 - Following the announcement of the Supreme Committee dealing with Covid-19, and the announcement by the Ministry of Sports Affairs suspending all sports events and activities held by...

Muscat, March 15 - The current COVID-19 situation is serious, but it has had its ‘different’ moments too, especially for travellers caught in situations of none of their own making. One such...

Among the greatest challenges facing educational authorities around the world and teachers (lecturers), today are probably those of academic integrity and student resolve. Now in terms of plagiarism,...

MUSCAT, MARCH 11 - The third French Week in Oman has its official launch with around 400 guests invited to the French Embassy, the residence of the French Ambassador to the Sultanate Renaud Salins, in...

[caption id="attachment_609227" align="alignleft" width="201"] Renaud Salins, the Ambassador of France to Oman[/caption] MUSCAT, MARCH 10 - French Week 2020 in Oman gets underway on Thursday with a...

Muscat, March 7 - Cornavirus (COVID-19) of course is a significant concern to us all at the moment, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that neither Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV...

As someone who loves his work, enjoys life, and sees the good in people ahead of the not-so-good, I sometimes surprise myself at how frustrated I can be with the apologist nature of our societies,...

Oman, in the last 50 years hasn’t just seen a rapid growth in its road network, but an explosion, as a well-documented 6 miles of roads has become thousands upon thousands of kilometres of the best...

Muscat, Feb 25 - The Ambassador of France to Oman, Renaud Salins, announced the details of the French Week 2020 with its slogan “Modern savoir-faire, timeless elegance,” in Muscat on Tuesday, The...

Muscat, Feb 22 - Family Day at the Al Mouj Marathon 2020 showcased thousands of Omani children, probably taking part in an athletic event for the first time, a legend in the field of marathon running,...

I have seen the future! I said to my wife, feeling the heady euphoria of exaltation as if I had been reborn. But no, the gears had just fallen into place for me, and I can see the next real tourism...

Food in its million global guises attracts us all and invites us to neglect our best intentions not to eat too much, and not to eat sweets, and so on. But premium dining experiences are rare, so I...

The 2020 Edition of the event kicked off under a typically calm Omani sky, and the sights and sounds were exactly as one would expect from a premier athletic event, a mixture of nervous excitement,...