Oliver Walton – The Conversation

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January 1, 2016

2015: the year in elections

Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London; Afif Pasuni, University of Warwick; Andrew Fagan, University of Essex; Bahar Baser, Coventry University; Catherine Gegout, University of Nottingham; Fernando Casal Bértoa, University of Nottingham; Juan Pablo Ferrero, University of Bath; Louise Thompson, University of Surrey; Marco Aponte-Moreno, UCL; Martin Vinæs Larsen, University of Copenhagen; Neil Pyper, Coventry University; Oliver Walton, University of Bath; Paul Kennedy, University of Bath; Simona Guerra, University of Leicester; Sotirios Zartaloudis, University of Birmingham; Steve Hewitt, University of Birmingham, and Yoav Galai, University of St Andrews

For better or for worse, various countries around the world charted a new course last year. What lies ahead for 2016?

Vote for Sri Lanka! Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte

August 18, 2015

Sri Lanka’s election thwarts Rajapaksa and sets the scene for deeper reform

Oliver Walton, University of Bath

Sri Lanka’s authoritarian former president failed to persuade his country to have him back. Could it herald a new era of progress?

Say hello, wave goodbye. EPA/M.A. Pushpa Kumara

January 9, 2015

Sri Lanka stunned as Rajapaksa election gamble fails to pay off

Oliver Walton, University of Bath

Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been defeated in the country’s historic presidential elections. Sri Lankans are shocked at the scale and manner of Rajapaksa’s defeat, which has brought his…

Sainsbury’s Christmas ad has been criticised for using World War I to serve its bottom line. Sainsbury's

November 18, 2014

Selling charity at Christmas, from Sainsbury’s to Band Aid

Oliver Walton, University of Bath

Sainsbury’s Christmas advert has stoked considerable controversy. It involves a cinematic re-telling of the “Christmas Truce”, where Allied and German soldiers ceased fighting on Christmas Day and played…

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