Nicholas Lorimer
Nicholas Lorimer, a politician-turned-think tank thinker, is the IRR's Geopolitics Researcher and is host of the Daily Friend Show. His interests include geopolitics, and history (particularly medieval and ancient history). He is an unashamed Americaphile, whether it be food, culture or film. His other pursuits include video games and armchair critique of action films from the 1980s.
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Stolen stele returned
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 25th April 2005 – The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum
Keeping the South in the Union
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 18th April 1783 – Three-Fifths Compromise: The first instance of black slaves
Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for circumnavigating the world
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 4th April 1581 – Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I
Mauritians go it alone
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 12th March 1968 – Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom Port
Odo’s coronation
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 29th February 888 – Odo, Count of Paris, is crowned King of
Khomeini returns
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 11th February 1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under
The ‘Ukrainian Thermopylae’
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 29th January 1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its
Mamluks’ misfortune
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 22nd January 1517 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the
Belisarius triumphs
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. December 15th 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals,
Greece’s republican resolve
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. December 8th, 1974 – A plebiscite results in the abolition of the