Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak, was turfed out in a vast uprising in 2011,

one of the more dramatic events of the Arab Spring. These days, there's a curious nostalgia

for Mr. Mubarak's rule, and you can see it all over Facebook and YouTube.

And there's no disputing that William Shakespeare was and is influential, but he

wasn't always. We take a deep dive into theater records and shifting tastes, finding that it

took nearly a century for the Bard's work to be more fully appreciated.

But first... Sri Lankans will head to the polls tomorrow with security as one of their biggest concerns.

The country was rocked in April when suicide bombers attacked luxury hotels and Christian churches.

Nearly 300 people were killed.

The Prime Minister hinted at what became a widespread allegation

that a distracted and dysfunctional government had allowed security to slip.

We must also look into why adequate precautions were not taken in this respect.

The Easter bombings were the most shocking violence since a decades-long civil war,

fought between the government and separatist members of the mostly Hindu Tamil ethnicity.

In 2009, the war fizzled out.

Since then, there's been a fragile peace between the island's Buddhist majority and its Hindu,

Muslim, and Christian communities.

Those minority votes are likely to play a strong role in the election.

Though there are 35 candidates vying for the presidency, only two.

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