
Nicholas Lorimer
Nicholas Lorimer is a politician-turned-think tank thinker. His interests include geo-politics, and history (particularly medieval and ancient history). He is an unashamed Americaphile, whether it be food, culture or film. His interests include video games and armchair critique of action films from the 1980s.
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Against the silver bullet or one thingism
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Aug 18, 2022
One of the best political insights I’ve ever heard, that on reflection is quite obvious, is that people are extremely vulnerable to the “silver bullet”

Glinski’s triumph
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Aug 12, 2022
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 5th August 1506 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Crimean

Ford gets going
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jul 29, 2022
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 23rd July 1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car

Arson in Ephesus
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jul 22, 2022
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 21st July 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one

Let’s try fixing what we have
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jul 21, 2022
I remember a trip to Port St Johns about 10 years ago. As we drove through the town, one of the worst-run in the country,

Victory at Berestechko
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jul 1, 2022
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 30th June 1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising – The Battle of

The light of liberty
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 24, 2022
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 17th June 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York

United in trauma
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 23, 2022
It’s a lazy cliché that South Africa is a divided society, when in reality there are many things that unite us. Unfortunately, some of the

The Amritsar crisis
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 10, 2022
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 5th June 1984 – Operation Blue Star: Under orders from Prime Minister

Kublai Khan’s failure in the Far East
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 3, 2022
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 31st May 1293 – Mongol invasion of Java ends in failure When