Quote of the day
I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself than the devastations of fates and empires especially when they do not vitally affect oneself
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)






