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Angelo Mathews in Furious Mood after the Timed-Out Dismissal
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, 6 November 2023……… where the title runs thus: “Mathews on timed-out dismissal: ‘Never seen a team or a player stoop so low’”, “It was obviously disgraceful from Shakib and Bangladesh,” Mathews says of the incident. … Continue reading →
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High-stakes Standoff in West Asia: Will Trump bomb Iran?
Desert Wanderer, whose incisive & startling READINGS have been subject to highlights from the Thuppahi ‘pen’ The US War against Iran could start in the next few days. The US has deployed over 60% of its air force, two US … Continue reading →
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A Suppository FOR An Innocent’s Arse in England
A Suffering Ignoramus About half a century back I was driving with my wife to Bath when I found myself struggling to breathe. We drove immediately to the Bath hospital where I joined the Emergency queue. The same problem persisted: … Continue reading →
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Lauren Bacall’s Steadiness Amidst A Topsy-Turvy Career
Helga Desilva Blow Perera, …in FACEBOOK , an ephemeral Post that has disappeared On January 14, 1957, Lauren Bacall lost the love of her life. Humphrey Bogart—her husband of nearly twelve years, the man she fell in love with at … Continue reading →
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Police Assaults on Peaceful Demonstrations!!! ….. THIS is Right-Wing Australia
Caitlin Johnstone …. in a News Item sent to me by a Burgher friend in Melbourne
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Dhananjaya’s Captaincy Gave Sri Lanka The Edge
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, 23 September 2024, where the title runs thus: “Dhananjaya de Silva’s Sri Lanka deliver in contrasting conditions to inch up WTC table,” …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi After back-to-back wins at The … Continue reading →
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The Wettimuny Trio of Accomplished Opening Batsmen
Michael Roberts The Sri Lankan world of cricket was well served in the past by an accomplished set of batsmen school at Ananda College and the Sinhalese Sports Club who were all, remarkably, opening batsmen. The first of these lads … Continue reading →
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From The Sublime to The Ridiculous: “Little Akio’s” Breadth of Quotable quotes
Item sent by Dulip Karunaratne of St. Aloysius in Galle then & Queensland now The teacher said, “Let’s begin by reviewing some History.” Who said *’Give me Liberty, or give me Death?”* ………………….. She saw a sea of blank faces, … Continue reading →
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Virginia Hall: Spy & Resistance Fighter Extraordinary in France during World War Two
Quintus Andradi as Compiler, whose preferred title is “Stories from the National Archives, UK: The Incredible True Story of Virginia Hall”.… with highlights added by The Editor, Thyppahi Virginia Hall was born in 1906 into a well-to-do Baltimore family. Her … Continue reading →
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A Kilted Scottish Lady who confronted the Fascists in spain in the 1930s
Item in Glasgow Live 20:41, 3 April 2022, bearing this title “Remembering Fernanda Jacobsen: The kilted woman who left Glasgow to fight fascism” Barely 20 years after women got the vote, Glasgow secretary Fernanda Jacobsen became the unexpected leader of … Continue reading →
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