Now that the Foreign Office ban has been lifted, it's safe to visit Sri Lanka - and the remnants of its colonial history 'make it smoother than coconut oil for British travellers', says Sian Boyle.
Rishi Sunak hit out at former diplomats and mandarins after they called for the 'elitist' Foreign Office to be reformed and for 'colonial era pictures' to be removed from the walls.
Picturesque Selva is the gateway to the Tramuntana mountain range, a Unesco World Heritage site. Far from the bustle of coastal resorts, this is an administrative hub for the outlying Caimari, Binibona, Moscari and Biniamar villages, all of them steeped in tradition and folklore. Selva’s picture-postcard stone houses and narrow streets are set in a […]