ONLY CONNECT
EM Forster
Howards End
In the end,
all stories
are about love
Angela Young
The Aristocrat & the Able Seaman
The Countess of Rothes, Thomas Jones, and the Tragedy of Titanic
When Titanic left Southampton in 1912, neither the Aristocrat, the Countess of Rothes, nor the Able Seaman, Thomas Jones, imagined meeting, let alone navigating a tiny lifeboat together at night, among towering icebergs.
The History Press
Publication date: 26th March 2026
Available in Hardback and Ebook
Angela’s Monthly Column
The Register of British Slave Traders
This month, October, is Black History Month in the UK. And, at the end of last month, on 24 September, 2026 The Register of British Slave Traders was published. The Register includes information on all known slave-traders in Britain who invested in the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807. David Olusoga has made a comlimentary documentary called Finding Britian's Slave Traders.Continue reading→
Poetry Prescriptions to soothe the soul
The other day I heard William Seighart talking about ODE on the radio. ODE is an AI app (a truly good use of AI) which chooses a real poem read by a real human to soothe the soul. Stephen Fry, who reads some of the...Continue reading→
A Black American Lawyer on how his relationship with the Atlantic Ocean changed
Bryan Stevenson, a Black, American, multi-award-winning lawyer, author, public speaker and advocate for justice system reform, talked to Ezra Klein the day before this year’s 4th of July Independence celebrations. What he said about his relationship with the Atlantic Ocean was heart-breaking. And sobering. The...Continue reading→