Sri Lanka: All Change?

In this turbo year of polls it has just been Sri Lanka’s turn in the electoral spotlight. Presidential elections – the first since former strongman Gotabaya Rajapaksa (GR) was forced from power by a popular uprising in 2022

Said and Done

From the forthcoming issue of Critical Muslim 40: Biography, edited by Ziauddin Sardar, we preview this review by Hurst author Professor Faisal Devji of the recent biography of Edward Said.

A Bugged 1963 Conclave?

When John XXIII died, the future of relations between the Vatican and the Eastern bloc depended on the choice of his successor. That’s when the CIA came in.