Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Tom Nairn
Born: February 6, 1932
Died: January 21, 2023 (aged 90)
Bio: Tom Nairn was a Scottish political theorist and academic. He was an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. He was known as an essayist and a scholar of nationalism.
Known for:
- The Break-Up of Britain (1977)
- Faces of Nationalism (1997)
- The enchanted glass (1988)
- After Britain (2000)
- Global Matrix (2005)