Magda Origjanska
Magda Origjanska is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Magda Origjanska:
The Beatles and their entourage were threatened and attacked in the Philippines for declining a breakfast invitation from its First Lady
The creators of “Curious George” built bicycles to flee Paris as the German army closed in
Favorite animals of Catherine the Great, cats have inhabited the Hermitage Museum for the last 250 years and some are believed to have healing powers
Aubrey Beardsley and his “morbid imagination” was the most controversial artist of the Art Nouveau era
J.R.R. Tolkien’s other adventure: Courting and marrying Edith Bratt
Female bandit Pearl Hart: “I shall not be tried under a law in which my sex had no voice in making”
Jimi Hendrix chose the U.S. Army over a jail term for auto theft, played his guitar endlessly at Fort Campbell
The earlier versions of Little Red Riding Hood were violent and grotesque
Eugene Allen, who grew up in a segregated town, was a butler in the White House for 34 years and received VIP invite to Obama’s inauguration
Amsterdam’s Museum of Bags and Purses owns an impressive collection of over 5,000 items from five centuries, including bags belonging to Margaret Thatcher and Madonna
