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 short story that was a novel, part 201
After what seems like years, but has really only been weeks, of editing my head off, I find myself with a jewel of a day (today) when the paid editing has gone away, at least for a day, and so, after the beginning I wrote...Continue reading→
FICTION ALLSORTS
A literary agent friend of mine has just told me about a new website for writers and readers called Fiction Allsorts. There aren’t any links up to either readers’ sites or writers’ sites, nor links to books read or written yet … the site is...Continue reading→
Writing about writing
George Mackay Brown wrote this about writing: Therefore he no more troubled the pool of silenceBut put on mask and cloak,Strung a guitarAnd moved among the folk.Dancing they cried,‘Ah, how our sober islandsAre gay again, since this blind lyrical trampInvaded the Fair!’ Under the last...Continue reading→