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June 6, 2024 · 8:27 pm

Don Bradman Memorabilia in Adelaide Sri Lankan Realms

Michael Roberts in Adelaide, June 2024 Sir Donald Bradman chose to reside in Adelaide following his retirement…rather than in his hometown of Bowral in New South Wales. This had incidental benefits for Sri Lankan cricket lovers in Adelaide; and even … Continue reading →

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December 31, 2025 · 1:52 pm

Selective Slants on “Victims” in the Western World’s Scenarios: Bondi & Beyond

Mohamed Harees, in Colombo Telegraph , 18 December 2025,  “What Bondi Beach Massacre Reveals About “Good Victims” & “Good Heroes” Lukman Harees Bondi Beach: horror and heroism: The recent Bondi Beach massacre in Sydney, Australia was a horrible terrorist act, … Continue reading →

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September 14, 2025 · 9:10 pm

DOWNTON ABBEY calls it a Night !!

Michael Roberts This epic and fascinating TV series serial has brought its curtains down and called it a night  [to alter the idiom]. My first  intimation of this event was in reading Ed Potten’s account in The Australian 13-14  September … Continue reading →

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August 30, 2023 · 10:21 pm

Dilmah Tea & Barossa Wine in Perfect Match in Adelaide

Glam Adelaide, with this title  “Dilmah joins forces with University of Adelaide expert to refine tea and wine production” …. & with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi               Dilhan C. Fernando, Dilmah Tea’s … Continue reading →

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March 23, 2026 · 10:08 pm

Simon’s “THOMIA” …. An Evocative Study of Sri Lankan History & Politics

Anonymous in The Examiner, 20 March 2026, where the title runs thus: “Why an Anandian should read THOMIA” ……… A review of Richard Simon’s Thomia, subtitled ‘the entangled history of Lanka and her greatest public school’. A history of failed … Continue reading →

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November 27, 2022 · 12:44 pm

Snap! A Classic ‘Catch’ of a Classic Catch

  This photographic snap is a classic because of the frozen imagery of all involved! It must surely outdo that of Bradman on the ground having tea (https://thuppahis.com/2022/11/21/mid-pitch-tea-for-don-bradman-12-others/).

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August 18, 2024 · 12:48 pm

Schoorman’s Reading of Sri Lanka”s First Test Match

THE ISLAND chose to reproduce this old report from 1982 on the 17th February 2022 — with this title “Rekindling memories of Sri Lanka’s inaugural Test – 40 years on” …. reproduced her in THuppahi with some additonal photographs and … Continue reading →

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August 16, 2024 · 2:29 am

An Aristocratic Mansion in Adelaide: Beaumont House

Michael Roberts My wife and I visited BEAUMONT HOUSE in Adelaide south this afternoon and consider this house and its surrounds and its history a worthy topic for discussion. The discussion could even be expanded into a set of comparative … Continue reading →

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July 10, 2023 · 6:29 pm

Intertwining Pathways in Past Lanka Time …. A Tale. A Tale

Synopsis by the Publishers In the month of 11 in the year 2048 of the Buddhist era, how many people knew that the South of Lanka would face a deadly cyclone which would change the entire history of the country. … Continue reading →

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November 11, 2024 · 11:15 pm

Michael Caine … His Life and Times, 1933 et seq

Maurice Joseph Micklewhite …….. born 1933 … became Michael Caine, actor; NOW Sir Michael Caine….. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine  A – Listen this You-Tube Review = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQU-7GW-TlY  

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