The Vintage News May 12, 2018 Kristin Thomas Louise Huebner, preparing a turtle soup for her new cookbook. (Photo by Heinz Kluetmeier/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) The 1960s are known as the era that changed the nation. It was a time of revolution–free love, peace, social, and political. Those who weren’t there to witness or experience … Read more
The Vinatge News Apr 22, 2018 Stefan Andrews Footprints belonging to two different kinds of dinosaurs, discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, have revealed new details of how the now-extinct creatures evolved and moved during a period of the Jurassic era. Traces of the dinosaurs were found both as part of trackways and as isolated marks, … Read more
The Vintage News Jan 15, 2018 Stefan Andrews Photo By: Nasjonalbiblioteket CC BY 2.0 Long before Norway, Sweden, or Finland inscribed the names of their countries on the map of northern Europe, the Sami people roamed the Arctic terrains of Sápmi at the northern tip of the continent. They are traditionally known as the Lapps, or the … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Apr 17, 2018 Martin Chalakoski “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!” — Ralph Waldo Emerson If we take that as an actual measurement for success, … Read more
The Vintage News May 18, 2018 E.L. Hamilton (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images) The world busily parsing every tiny detail of the upcoming royal wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Windsor Castle reminds us of who will be missing from the happy day: Prince Harry’s mother, the original modern royal style icon, Princess Diana. … Read more
The Vintage News May 23, 2018 Stefan Andrews One thing that makes royal weddings so special is that, from beginning to end, they’re embellished with centuries-old traditions. It was no exception in the case of Prince Harry’s wedding with American actress Meghan Markle. For instance, as a royal bride, Ms. Markle was traditionally loaned a tiara … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage N ews Jan 19, 2018 Nikola Budanovic Despite the widely accepted theory that the black rat (Rattus Rattus) was the main culprit of the plague pandemic that devastated 14th century Europe and Asia, scientists from the University of Oslo, Norway, and the University of Ferrara, Italy, beg to differ. The Black Death, as … Read more
