‘In a world full of adversity we must dare to dream’. These inspiring words are from Rob Burrows, the Leeds Rhinos Rugby legend. Rob was struck down by Motor Neurone Disease (MND), an incurable and disabling neurological condition. This once cheerfully garrulous man is now a silent prisoner in his ...

Source:Island I was shocked when I saw the pictures the other day. How could they come up with such an idea? And it is an act of sacrilege, too, causing harm to an object that should be protected, and even venerated, to my mind. It is a majestic symbol showing ...

  Englishman, Sir Elton John has never been a favourite entertainer of mine. His antics, facial fantasies, false eye-glasses, silly hats, etcetera were a “spectacle” not really needed, as the man had an innate understanding of what music was all about, played a good piano, and even wrote some good ...

Source:Island FIDE Online Youth Chess Cup 2021 Nine-year-old Oshini Devindya Gunawardena, a student of Ferguson High School, Ratnapura reached the finals of the FIDE Online Youth Chess World Cup after a nail biting finish at her tie breaking Armageddon game. Oshini played very strong chess in her first game of ...

Lee Keegal Source:Dailynews Lee Keegal broke into the Sri Lankan rugby scene as a schoolboy playing as a wing forward for St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya. After finishing school, he went on to represent Havelock SC, Navy SC and played for the Sri Lanka National Rugby Team, shifting from his original ...

Blurb by: Shawline publishers ‘Shanthy did not care about class or background, but her family did… Young lovers seeking their hearts desires in the confines of traditional India is not something Shanthy, a beautiful young girl and Lobonsky, her older love interest, expected to be so challenging in their youthful ...

  Dear fellow Thomians, Thomian Zoom Event STC OBA NSW/ACT Presents a “Thomian Trivia Night” on Zoom. Saturday 25th September commencing 7pm.  The zoom link invite will be sent in our next communique  MC – Duke Ramachandran  Quiz Master – Kumar Rasiah $50 vouchers on offer for top 2 winners ...

As I have always said, English is an International language. Naturally, “words” are a large part it, words that are very serious, however, words that can also be translated, giving us some totally unrelated comedic impressions that could possibly cause a chuckle or two, just for a change.  Although we ...