After I posted some old family pictures a while back which showed my father with the Titanic‘s second officer, Commander Lightoller, on a trip to Calais in 1939, I was contacted by Tiphaine Hirou of the French Titanic Society asking for permission to use the photos. I’ve just received a copy of Tiphaine’s interesting article […] Read More
Titanic
Titanic: a personal footnote
My parents knew Charles Lightoller, 2nd Officer on the Titanic; these photos show my father on a trip to Calais in 1939 with the Commander.
DVD of the Week: A Night to Remember (1958)
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To mark the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, just as James Cameron releases a 3D version of his 1997 moneymaking behemoth, Criterion has brought out a new edition of Roy Ward Baker’s A Night to Remember (1958), still the best version of the story. The two-disk DVD (also available on Blu-ray) offers a […] Read More
