This phenomenon is a spiral distortion of space which should if relativity is correct happen when massive bodies rotate. (In essence, such bodies drag space round with them.) Frame-dragging is predicted to cause an additional precession of one hundred-thousandth of a degree, perpendicular to that caused by the geodetic effect.

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The restaurant is also very well designed and beautiful, with paper lamps resembling jellyfish hanging from the ceiling and a wide variety of seating areas and options, all comfortable, with only round tables, creating more space than rows of the more common square versions.

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Conversely, I need to charter a helicopter, three ferry boats and a space shuttle to play a round of golf.

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The closest most of us 'round here will ever get to outer space is blogging about the Lunar X Prize, so our inner astronauts get rather giddy any time an amateur makes it to the cusp of the gravity well.

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"We want to create a space which can be used all year round, " he said.

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Small gallery spaces and exhibitions are open to the public year round and the Qatar Museums Authority runs a large space where it has recently shown international photographic exhibits.

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Mr Cook said that one way round it would be if the freed-up space on individual transmitters was sold to new local television stations, which only broadcast within a limited geographic area.

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David Clarkson found time and space in the box and cracked a right-footed swerving shot which Neil Alexander palmed round the post.

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