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
Thomas Keneally and the fear that haunts all writers
Did you hear Thomas Keneally this morning on Desert Island Discs? He was magnificent. He didn’t mention MATs (multiple avoidance – of writing – techniques), but he talked about the most stultifying thing for a writer: FEAR. He said, I can’t quote him exactly because...Continue reading→
Speaking of Sales Figures
I have just discovered that my first novel Speaking of Love (published by the utterly wonderful Beautiful Books) has sold five copies in a week, in my local cafe, Il Molino, on Battersea Park Road. These sales figures will not, self-evidently, make so much as...Continue reading→
Book Quiz, literary blogs, life …
I just did the Book Quiz (at Blue Pyramid) which I found on BooksPlease‘s blog (thank you) and I find I am this: You’re One Hundred Years of Solitude! by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Lonely and struggling, you’ve been around for a very long time. Conflict...Continue reading→