Mark Curtis is the co-director of Declassified UK, and the author of five books and many articles on UK foreign policy.
The world is on course to miss its 2030 target for ending extreme poverty, with 826 million people already affected. Experts warn that widening inequality, war, declining aid and political inaction are
In an interview with BBC Newsnight’s Paddy O’Connell, Slavoj Žižek discusses his new book, Signs from the Future, examining Donald Trump’s political legacy, the decline of the liberal international order and the left’s failure to offer a convincing alternative. He
Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry has decided to close 34 state institutions, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said, as the government considers restructuring public sector
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged his imprisoned son, parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, to place his trust exclusively in the judiciary and refrain
Editor’s note: This is an edited extract from Mark Curtis’ book Web of Deceit: Britain’s Real Role in the World. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the
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