Category Archives: Talks

RMS Titanic: a perfect storm

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Angela

At this time of year I often post about RMS Titanic. Last year’s post remembered the Welsh Able Seaman, Thomas Jones, who captained Lifeboat Number 8 – the lifeboat that carried my great-grandmother, Noël Rothes, and twenty-four others to safety … Continue reading →

Posted in Death and Dying, Equality, History, Human Rights, Morality, Talks, Titanic | 2 Comments

Tom Titanic: a Welsh hero remembered

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Angela

On 15 April I went to Cemaes, the northernmost town on the Ynys Môn coast, with my cousin Alex Leslie, and my sister Lucinda Mackworth-Young. We were there because Cemaes is the town where Thomas William Jones was born, on … Continue reading →

Posted in BLue Plaques, History, Kindness, Places, Talks, Titanic, Travel | 4 Comments

Auditioning to become a WI Speaker, and ‘Born Baffled: Musings on a Writing Life’

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Angela

In March I auditioned to become a WI speaker. The WI, you say? Don’t they just make jam, sing Jerusalem and talk a lot? Yes to all three, but no to JUST. There are 6,300 WIs in this country with 220,000 members … Continue reading →

Posted in Psychology, Talks, Things I'd Love to Have Made, Titanic, Women, Writers, Writing | 3 Comments