The Vintage News Aug 23, 2018 Katie Vernon Talk about a real Guinness world record! The dark beer with creamy foam is the pride of Ireland. Ever since 1760, Guinness has been brewed at the same brewery, St. James Gate in Dublin, to which the Guinness Company pays 45 pounds in rent each month. The price … Read more
Sep 10, 2018 Taryn Smee Humans have always had a thirst for knowledge; archaeologists have found evidence of libraries from ancient Sumeria, where tablets and scrolls were shown to be ordered by subject, usually stored in a temple or royal palace. The most famous and largest library from the classical period is the Library of Alexandria … Read more
The Vintage News Dec 29, 2018 James Hoare Like large parts of Europe, the remote sub-arctic island of Iceland became gripped by witch terror in the 17th century. Sparsely populated, mountainous, and volcanic, Iceland had been settled in the 9th century by outcasts, outlaws and adventurers looking for freedom and opportunity away from the Viking kingdoms … Read more
The Vintage News Sep 14, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau Two men, Raymond McElroy and Charlie Coyle, went fishing in early September in Lough Neagh, a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland. They caught something in their net about a half mile from shore in 20 feet of water, but what they caught they definitely weren’t expecting. The men … Read more
The Vintage News Sep 14, 2018 Ian Harvey When we think of Vikings, what often comes to mind are images of men in horned helmets and long cloaks, sailing off to conquer and pillage various parts of Europe. Well… that, and berserkers. The idea of the berserker is fairly well known in many parts of the … Read more
Feb 2, 2019 Nancy Bilyeau Matthew Flinders was a celebrated explorer who literally put Australia on the map in the early 19th century. But after his death, it was Flinders’ turn to become lost. A British Royal Navy captain, he led the first expedition that sailed around the entire coast of Australia and wrote the book A … Read more
Nov 23, 2018 George Winston In 2014, the relaxation of the British Official Secrets Act allowed a family that had always been curious about their grandfather’s wartime service to find out that he was a real-life spy — quite an intriguing profession for a man called “James Bond.” Stephen Phillips, the grandson of James Charles Bond, … Read more
