Broke’n’English: Learning to live in Sri Lanka by Jerry Smith Food and drink discovers a land brimming with

discovers a land brimming with myth and legend as colourful as the traveller himself

An unwritten letter is crumpled in the mind of a pensive woman

David Robson

but her orthodox terror of a father stands in his way

a watercolour journal by Weerakkodige Vasantha Perera

Broke’n’English: Learning to live in Sri Lanka by Jerry Smith Food and drink discovers a land brimming withBack in 2004 Jerry Smith and his wife Sally decided to stake their future on running a guest house in Sri Lanka, where Sally had been born and raised. It was a country and culture they knew little; Sally had let the island aged thirteen when it was still Ceylon. Investing every penny they had in their project, owning no property in England, it was an act of astounding stupidity, naivety or courage depending on your point of view. It took another