Headlines such as this one, from the Indianapolis Star in April 1912, bombarded newspapers after the RMS Titanic, the unsinkable ship, sank that fateful night more than 100 years ago. Everyone knows ...
J. Bruce Ismay was an upper-crust Englishman who always did what was expected of him. He went to the best schools, married the right society girl (even though he was in love with someone else) and ...
The book "Understanding J. Bruce Ismay" claims the managing director of White Star Line, fiercely criticized for escaping the Titanic on a lifeboat, was a hero who helped dozens of women escape the ...
An untold chapter in one of the 20th Century’s most infamous events will come to life as The Oswego Player’s proudly presents Luke Yankee’s “The Last Lifeboat”. The play explores the life of J. Bruce ...
The historic Costello Lodge in Casla, County Galway once hid J. Bruce Ismay as he sought refuge from the backlash over his fatal decisions in the building of the RMS Titanic. Ismay, chairman of the ...
A Titanic fan has pointed out an unnoticed Easter egg in the 1997 film, which has blown away viewers. J. Bruce Ismay is the focus of the Easter egg—the chairman of White Star Line which owned the ...
One of the enduring controversies surrounding the tragic sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912 concerns the presence of J. Bruce Ismay, the chairman and managing director of the White ...
This searching if sometimes clouded historical-literary study explores the meanings of the famous shipwreck through the enigmatic%E2%80%94or perhaps stunted%E2%80 ...
First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Bloomsbury. Accused of cowardice and of dictating the Titanic's excessive speed, Ismay was the first victim of a press hate campaign. He never recovered ...