The whole fish pie thing is one of the most homely, comforting and moreish dinners I can think of. This is a cracking recipe, which does it for me. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Put the potatoes ...

Put a small roasting pan filled halfway with hot water in bottom third of oven (to provide moisture during baking), then preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 10-inch springform pan and line bottom ...

parchment paper and butter parchment. 2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, and salt; set aside. 3. In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine butter and espresso. Place over low ...

The Ajanta cave paintings are from 1st century BCE to 7th Century ACE. The thirty cave temples are situated in the Ajanta gorge of the Waghora river, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. They are among ...

Once a prominent Sri Lankan parliamentarian, a veteran Barrister at Law and a well known human rights activist in Sri Lanka, Prins Gunasekera's latest book titled 'A Lost Generation ( Sri Lanka in ...

Nagadipa or Naka-diva was the ancient name of the Jaffna peninsula. It is first mentioned in the Pali chronicles of Ceylon in connection with the story of the Buddha's second visit to Sri Lanka in the ...

Dr. Buddhadasa Bodhinayake has been a household name all over Sri Lanka. Hailing from a suburban Sinhala family background in Bentota and guided by his father, a Head Master of a Sinhala School, he ...

The system built by the British, began operating in 1864, initially from Colombo, Henerathgodde (Gampaha) and to Ambepussa. Kandy was reached in 1867. 1925-40 was the peak of railway development. Most ...

The Maha Aramaya and the Mahacetiya in Magama in the deep South of Ruhunu Rata was built by King Kavantissa's father of the heroic king Dutugemunu and his younger brother Saddhatissa. When the ...

A marriage is said to be consanguineous when the union is between two people, genetically related, by descent, from a common ancestor. All human societies however primitive or geographically isolated, ...

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BEVIS BAWA IS AN OLD MAN NOW trapped in his wheelchair, slowly losing his hearing and sense of touch. Age has robbed him of the paradise he has spent his long life creating, and shrunk his world to a ...