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
And now for a complete rewrite
When George Plimpton of The Paris Review [pages 6-7] asked Hemingway why he rewrote so many times, he said: I do it to get the words right He was right. Of course he was right. He always is. (He also wrote standing up. Perhaps I...Continue reading→
Thursday last …
… on Thursday last I gave my second novel, whose working title is Hope Remains, to my agent. And now I feel oddly bereft. I have become so used to spending my days immersed in the sadnesses and joys of the characters, in watching them...Continue reading→
Not posting, but writing
I’m working on my second novel so I won’t be posting for a while (not even to MAT). I don’t know how long a while is, and I won’t know until I get there, but the SOED says: A period of time, considered with respect...Continue reading→