The Vintage News Mar 22, 2018 Stefan Andrews When people started using mechanical clocks during the 14th and 15th centuries, they were introducing a relatively new concept of counting the time. Mechanical clocks, like the one of Salisbury Cathedral, were game-changers, since before then people didn’t cut the day into 24 slices. There were the “temporal … Read more
The Vintage News Mar 22, 2018 Nikola Budanovic Little is known of the King of Denmark, Sweyn Forkbeard, today, but this Norse monarch was once the King of England as well, albeit for only five weeks, making the small town of Gainsborough in eastern England his capital. One reason for the mystery surrounding him is several … Read more
War History Online Feb 25, 2018 Andrew Knighton World War Two Munitions in production Close your eyes and imagine an act of wartime courage. What do you picture? A soldier carrying a comrade to safety? A captain buying his crew vital time to abandon ship? A pilot hurtling through the skies, intercepting the enemy’s deadly engines … Read more
War History Online Feb 25, 2018 Jack Knight If you think the tensions between Russia and United States have reached the heights of insanity now, you should invest some time to learn about the Cold War and your perception of hostility will change for good. Soon after the Second World War reached an abrupt end with … Read more
War History Online Feb 13, 2018 Heather Fishel Part of the Cold War and the inter-Korean conflict Military stories vary widely: some are the moments that make history, secure victories or result in resounding losses. Others are merely moments of day to day life. Still others are incredible stories of heroism, saving lives and greatly impacting … Read more
War History Online Feb 13, 2018 George Winston The only thing remaining from RAF Findo Gask in Scotland is the airfield’s control tower, but that is now nearly unrecognizable from its original form. About three years ago, the tower began its transformation to a four-story, single-family home. It is now on the market for £1.25 million. … Read more
The Vintage News Jun 3, 2018 Kristin Thomas getty images For a man whose career began with handling animals that were already dead, famous taxidermist Carl Akeley sure had his share of run-ins with animals that were alive. During his career, Akeley survived being crushed by an enormous bull elephant, nearly plunged off a cliff in … Read more
