Nicholas Lorimer

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

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,

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 30th June 1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising – The Battle of

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

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

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

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

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 22nd May 1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near

A confluence of circumstance and technology may be about to profoundly change trends which have stood for centuries.   Since the advent of modern sanitation

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 29th April 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by