Director Milos Forman, who died at 86, was orphaned by World War II and became a passionate critic of communism after the Prague Spring of 1968

The Vintage News Apr 16, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau (Photo by julio donoso/Sygma via Getty Images) Milos Forman, who died at the age of 86 on April 14, 2018, after a brief illness, directed some of the most memorable dramas of his time, from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nestto Amadeus. But perhaps the greatest drama he experienced was his … Read more

The secret meaning behind vintage tattoos

The Vintage News Jun 8, 2018 Kristin Thomas If you know people who have tattoos, there’s a good chance at least one of them has a nautical-themed design somewhere on his or her body. Today, sailor tattoos, also referred to as “traditional tattoos” or “old school tattoos,” are seeing a resurgence. WW2 – sailors aboard USS … Read more

یہودی اور ہمارے سیاستدان

ایک یہودی نے روس چھوڑ کر اسرائیل میں رہائش اختیار کرنے کی اجازت لی اور روس سے روانہ ہوا۔ ائرپورٹ پر اس کے سامان کی تلاشی لی گئی تو لینن کا ایک مجسمہ بر آمد ہوا۔ انسپکٹر نے پوچھا: یہ کیا ہے؟یہودی نے کہا: جناب آپ نے غلط سوال کیا ہے! آپ کو کہنا چاہیے … Read more

تربیت اور ماحول

وزیر کی جان پہ بنی ہوئی تھی، فقیر بات ہی نئیں سُن رہا تھا ، اۤخر طویل مِنت سماجت کے بعد فقیر نے سر اٹھایا ، ہاں بول کیا کہنا ہے ؟ وزیر نے ہاتھ جوڑے اور بتانا شروع کیا ایک مہینہ پہلے ہمارے بادشاہ سلامت نے اچانک دربار میں ایک سوال اچھالا کہ کامیاب … Read more

Sunken Treasure: The Fight Over the Spanish Galleon San Jose

The Vintage News May 31, 2018 George Winston In 1981, Sea Search Armada, a company funded by American investors and based in Belleview, Washington, found a three-hundred-year-old wreck of a Spanish Galleon in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia.  It was the San José, sunk by the British in June of 1708 in … Read more

When Queen Elizabeth II Was an Auto Mechanic in WWII

May 31, 2018 George Winston Princess Elizabeth as Mechanic and Driver. Photo Credit. © IWM It wasn’t unusual to see a woman in a military uniform in England in 1945. As early as 1939, Time magazine ran a cover story that reported on British women in World War II. Thousands of women took on roles usually … Read more

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