Sunday-Features

Music is its own language

The Muslim Choral Ensemble takes its first global step “Music has charms to soothe a savage breast” is likely one of the most famous quotes about music that one can find. The line was uttered by a character in William…

A 3-hour long movie? No way. 10 episodes of a TV show? Bring it on. 

With streaming services offering new content every day, there’s an endless stream of content for us to consume. With most services abandoning the ‘one episode per week’ model and dumping full shows in one go, this has enabled audiences to…

Once worn, twice hated? 

Second-hand clothes and the Lankan mindset Every single one of us owns at least one piece of second-hand clothing – it may be something our parents or our grandparents gave us, our older siblings’ clothes, or a piece of clothing…

‘There are so many ways of doing it right’

Roshani Abbey of West End’s ‘Hamilton’ on her new starring role and more Theatre is a calling, regardless of whether you practise theatre as an amateur or a professional. It is a gruelling craft that calls for long hours, minute…

#AllSriLankans

Lankans from around the world on calling for change on 9 July  In these past few months, Sri Lankans have been living history, seeing it being written with their active and vociferous participation.  After months of dissent, protests, long-winding fuel…

Should children be judged on TV? 

TV talent shows may be doing more harm than good   Child stars and child actors are not an unusual or new concept – children have been performing on stage and television for years. However, as of late, reality TV is…

Shipping taken a step too far 

‘Shipping’ has become a popular term in today’s pop culture, especially with the growth of platforms like TikTok becoming popular with the younger generation, making what was once a niche fandom activity into a part of pop culture.  The word…

The fear of being ‘exposed’ and social media responsibility

If you’ve been on TikTok at some point over the past week, you may have come across this almost ridiculous-sounding piece of information, involving Doja Cat (26) beefing with ‘Stranger Things’ star Noah Schnapp (17) for revealing a private conversation…

Are we done with superheroes? 

Superhero franchises and the SL market You’d need to be living under a rock not to know what a superhero is. Even if you aren’t a comic book geek, the phenomenon that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) could not…

Believe in the starving artists

Art through the decades with S.H. Sarath   Gallery FourLife, Colombo 5, is currently featuring the ‘Harmony of Love’ art exhibition, held from 8-29 July 2022. Curated by Gallery FourLife Managing Director Chathuranga Biyagama, the exhibition consists of 30 paintings –…