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A Lankan Feast at an Iconic Bungalow: “Brief”
Sophie Brew in ???? where the title runs thus: “A Sri Lankan Feast on a Tropical Modernist Estate” …. NB: several striking pix of the food could not be uploaded The chef Cynthia Shanmugalingam cooked a meal that celebrated the … Continue reading →
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A Thrilling Last Over Victory for South Australia
Andrew McGlashan, in ESPNcricinfo, 10 December 2024 After Agar’s yorker on the last ball was jammed out by Meredith, he thought he hadn’t seized the moment and that it would be a draw. “It went from how have we managed … Continue reading →
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Leopards in Sri Lanka: Good Prospects
WWCT in Daily Mirror, 22 August 2023 … with this title “The Leopard – An Ideal Conservation Umbrella Lankan Leopards. A Symbol of Hope” The Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) – IUCN Status: Vulnerable. Estimated range loss (2016): 63% … Continue reading →
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Roman Szechowycz: A Discerning Eye for Past & Present in the Gal Oya’s History
This is a presentation of an article entitled “The “Rock River” Story” by Roman W. Szechowycz in the Loris Magazine, Vol. 8 No. 6 December, 1960. Page 348. Its presentation here has been made feasible by my Aloysian pal KK … Continue reading →
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Special Vistas For Tourists in Sri Lanka Today
Lee Tulloch, in Sydney Morning Herald, 9 June 2023, where the title reads = “Why you should visit this undersold, teardrop-shaped island right now” If there’s a country that could do with a lot of love right now, it’s Sri … Continue reading →
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Hasthihailapura or Elephant Rock City in Lanka Today
Text & Pix by Mahil Wijesinghe, at ……….. on 24 February 2024 …with this title “A Journey to the Elephant Rock city” The stone Bodhigaraya at Nilakgama Kurunegala, the capital of the North Western Province, (Wayamba) has a historical name … Continue reading →
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Ernest MacIntyre: So Vital to Sri Lanka’s Theatrical History
Laleen Jayamanne, in The Island, 21 January 2026, where the title runs thus “Remembering Ernest MacIntyre’s Contribution to Modern Lankan Theatre & Drama” … with pictorial reproductions here being facilitated by David Sansoni of Sydney & KK De Silva in Colombo … Continue reading →
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Ernest MacIntryre: Profound Theatrical Memories
Laleen Jayamanne: “Humour and the Creation of Community: Remembering Ernest MacIntyre’s Contribution to Modern Lankan Theatre & Drama” “As melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness, so humour is comedy that has lost its bodily weight”. Italo Calvino on ‘Lightness’ … Continue reading →
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Savouring Sri Lanka Today, 2023: A Glorious Ride
Paddy Hintz in The Weekend Australian, 25 October 2023, bearing this title “Jungles, curries and wild elephants: why Sri Lanka is a ride” We’re just in time to climb into Kandalama’s beautiful infinity pool and be” mesmerised by fireflies as monkeys … Continue reading →
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For Ceylon. Roman Szechowycz in Gal Oya, 1950-61
Andreas Szechowycz … detailing his father’s dedicated work in the Gal Oya Project in the 1950s and in communication with Michael Roberts in ways that mark his deep attachment to the island Group Photo – Dr. Roman Szechowycz in middle. … Continue reading →
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