Nicola Pierce: ‘I started to write Great Irish Wives without any idea I would be a widow by the time it went to print’
The author on losing her husband, writing two books about the Titanic, and her love of Jo March
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The Rest Is History podcasters Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook: ‘There’s something about our monotonous drone people just love’
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on putting the drama back into history, the weird things fans say and how fellow historians view their podcast
Titan submersible implosion that killed five was preventable, US Coast Guard report says
Two-year investigation also finds company that managed the vessel failed to address known hull anomalies following a previous expedition
Pioneering modernists Jellett and Hone on view and on sale
As well as an exhibition at the National Gallery, you can also find works from Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone on sale this week
Academic questions: Frank McNally on Titanic terriers, epic expense accounts and the rise of the ‘full professor’
Try claiming for a piano-playing secretary today and see what happens
Titanic stories: actor Stephen McGann on his great-uncle, who was on the last lifeboat
The Call the Midwife star spent years wondering about his family’s involvement in the disaster of 1912. Now James McGann’s tale is part of Titanic: Ship of Dreams, a new podcast
Titanic Belfast lost 2,000 bookings in one phone call: how new Brexit visa rules are hitting Northern Ireland tourism
From this month, holiday visitors to UK from EU member states other than the Republic must apply for £16 visa
Belfast-based watchmaker Nomadic moves with the times to reinvent retail experience
The Belfast-based watchmaker is not only taking on the big Swiss brands, it’s also hob-nobbing with prime Ministers and fashion’s elite. Not bad for a brand that started in the founder’s back bedroom
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Losses rise at companies involved with Titanic Quarter in Belfast
The companies are controlled by businessman Dermot Desmond and Pat Doherty, the Harcourt Developments founder
Titan sub malfunctioned just before final dive to Titanic, says scientific director
Submersible imploded while diving to site of shipwreck, killing all five people onboard in June 2023
First picture of wreckage of Titan sub after implosion revealed at public hearing
Image shows broken tail cone on floor of Atlantic, as US hearing into deaths of five people onboard OceanGate vessel gets under way
Titan submersible: ‘All good here’ – one of last texts from crew revealed at hearing
Five people on board probably killed instantly in implosion after losing contact with support vessel
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