Hantana – A Fond Farewell - By GEORGE BRAINE Three years ago, in March, I drove away from Hantana for the last...

Culture Shock - by GEORGE BRAINE   Not an experienced traveler at the time, even I could tell that PANAM...

The Governors at Nattandiya - by GEORGE BRAINE Opposite the Nattandiya railway station, between the Buddhist temple and the Milk...

Driving Miss Mandy by GEORGE BRAINE Mandy had been abandoned once. A Sri Lankan friend had found her wondering in...

Three women on a “palu” tree – by GEORGE BRAINE   In December 1949, my parents, Teddy and Fernie, travelled to...

Desmond Tutu, Our Generation’s Moral Conscience - By GEORGE BRAINE The passing of Archbishop Tutu takes my mind back to 2008, when...

A Beautiful, Heart Warming Moment GEORGE BRAINE The two high jumpers, one from Qatar and the other from Italy, briefly...

Shades of Beddegama in teeming Hong Kong-By GEORGE BRAINE Source:Island Even after being closely connected to Hong Kong for 26...

Shakespeare in a takarang shed  By George Braine In a tribute to Prof. Ashley Halpe, his daughter recently wrote about...

Charles Stanley Braine (1874-1944) –  the Rajah of Mawatte By George Braine   The e-mail, with the question “Are you...

Charles Frederick Braine (1850 – 1896), Adventurous, Accident Prone, Great grandfather-By George Braine   I have previously written about my...

That Icelandic Air Crash – 1978 By George Braine     In 1978, I was commissioned in the Sri Lanka...

Charles Joseph Braine (1814-1890) – Patriarch of the Braines in Ceylon By George Braine   C.J. Braine was born in...