Brandi Carlile Offers a Track-by-Track Look at ‘Returning to Myself’ Album, From Lauding ‘Joni’ to the Explosive ‘Church & State’

Brandi Carlile’s “Returning to Myself” album, her first solo release in four years, is likely to debut in the top 10 when album chart results come in this weekend. Her appearance on “Saturday Night ...

We ditched the UK for living in cheaper Asia – I was fed up with school fines & don’t feel safe anymore

A MUM has revealed why her family have ditched the UK to start a “better” life in Southeast Asia. Diana Auria, originally from Kent, gave 10 reasons why she had relocated for a sunnier life abroad ...
The Island

Memories : An assassination, mob violence, funerals and wreaths

At 9.30 in the morning on October 31, 1984, I left the Sri Lanka High Commission at Kautilya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, where I was Second Secretary as I had an appointment at 10 o’clock with Mr ...
The Island

My friendship with Wijetunga used as a bridge for Gamini D to return to UNP

Brief period as Chairman of Lake House At this stage President Wijetunga re-established his friendship with me. Though welcomed by the media and Colombo society he was getting increasingly isolated in ...