I arrive at the Negombo Boutique Villa after a five-hour drive from a wonderful stay in AMBA, an organic farm in the Uva Highlands. I settle into the Elephant Room, the walls decorated with paintings of the beasts that have alluded me during my two-week stay in Sri Lanka. Simon, my host at AMBA had … Continue reading Tuk Tuk tour through Negombo
Month: February 2025
Return to Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka
In 2010 I wrote an article for The Australian newspaper East meets West in a World of Words about four wonderful days I spent at Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka. Who knew that, 15 years later, I would be invited back to discuss my book Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain - Oral Histories 1930s - Present Day published … Continue reading Return to Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka