With her third concert in the city in November 2024, multiple Grammy Award-winner and Albanian British singer-songwriter Dua ...

There’s now a thriving industry based on expediting heartbreak. The lovelorn can check into a Heartbreak Hotel on London’s Broadway Market; do Yoga with Adriene classes to help them “tend to” their ...

Did you know that John Lennon wrote the Beatles Love Ballad, "If I Fell," on the back of a Valentine's Day card?

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

Laleen Jayamanne and Namika Raby (Part I of this article appeared in The Island on Friday (31 Jan.) Women’s Mental Health: ...

A new Sinhala-language book, Sunil Santhage Cinema Gee Pawatha (The Story of Sunil Santha’s Film Songs), published by the Sunil Santha Samajaya, is now available to the public. While numerous books ...

A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity from within the country- as tracked by Luminate. The ranking is based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams ...

I hasten to add that the title of this column is not a quote from the book. But one is tempted to call the Sinhala song virginal because ... deals with the theme of love in a conventional ...

Last week, we looked at a critical evaluation of Swarna Mallawaarachi from Eric Illayapparachchi’s essay ‘The Last Face: Swarna’ from his book ‘In Search of Art.’ ..

Jenna Bush Hager Shares What She'll Miss Most About Co-Hosting with Hoda Kotb: 'Almost Too Much to Bear' (Exclusive) She's also been a book worm from the beginning and can trace her love of ...

“Book of Love” was the song that our older child fell asleep to for years and years. And it’s also the way [Stephin Merritt] writes. All of his songs are about characters and feel like these ...