Optimism for the future and evolving identity:Winners of the Brisbane Times Essay Prize revealed

Optimism for the future and evolving identity:Winners of the Brisbane Times Essay Prize revealed

Local writers Sabrina Guse and Gabriella Marcelline have won the inaugural competition with essays about racism and Brisbane’s potentially utopian future.

  • byNick Dent

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Airline review:Food and service make up for this business class’ shortcomings
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Airline review:Food and service make up for this business class’ shortcomings

While the entertainment offerings and bar menu fall short,this business class has other highlights.

  • byJulie Miller
Can’t sleep? This retreat has a dreamy solution

Can’t sleep? This retreat has a dreamy solution

Whether stressed or simply tired,a retreat in the misty heights of Sri Lanka may be just what the doctor ordered.

  • byJulie Miller
Australia revive World Cup campaign with victory over Sri Lanka

Australia revive World Cup campaign with victory over Sri Lanka

Twice,Australia looked to have played themselves into peril against Sri Lanka,but they came away with a desperately needed win.

  • byGreg Baum
Macron’s baguette baker is Sri Lankan,the best bread maker in the country

Macron’s baguette baker is Sri Lankan,the best bread maker in the country

Most mornings,around 6.30,Tharshan Selvarajah arrives at the Élysée Palace and unloads around 30 baguettes into the security scanner.

  • byRoger Cohen
‘Inside a dark tunnel’:Asylum seeker family’s life in limbo

‘Inside a dark tunnel’:Asylum seeker family’s life in limbo

“As months rolled by,Kopi started to behave strangely. We noticed that sometimes she was talking to herself or pulling out chunks of her own hair. At other times,she was still biting her arm.”

  • byPriya Nadesalingam andRebekah Holt
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One of the world’s most spectacular train rides costs less than $10

One of the world’s most spectacular train rides costs less than $10

Chugging along at 40km/h past tea plantations,gorges,rivers,waterfalls,viaducts and villages is slow travel at its finest.

  • byJulia D'Orazio
You will hear this spicy,heavenly dish before you taste it

You will hear this spicy,heavenly dish before you taste it

Kottu Roti is a Sri Lankan classic:stomach-filling,tastebud-tingling street food at its finest.

  • byBen Groundwater
Why you should visit this undersold,teardrop-shaped island right now

Why you should visit this undersold,teardrop-shaped island right now

Sri Lanka has had a troubled few years but as it makes a resounding comeback,there has never been a better time to visit.

  • byLee Tulloch
Beyond Singapore and Dubai:The hottest new stopover destinations

Beyond Singapore and Dubai:The hottest new stopover destinations

Fiji,Ho Chi Minh and even Colombo in Sri Lanka are some of the more exotic hotspots to break up your long-haul journey.

  • bySheriden Rhodes
A country where the friendliness of locals is off the charts

A country where the friendliness of locals is off the charts

The best thing I gained from a trip to Sri Lanka was the restored faith in my fellow humans.

  • byLee Tulloch