Angela Young portrait © Adrian Pope

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

Rewriting

It’s a hundred years, well, seven months, since last I wrote here and now my blog has become a column on my shiny new website. Welcome if it’s the first time you’ve been here, and welcome back if you’ve been to my old blog, writinglifeandtheuniverse,...Continue reading