People often ask if third class was virtually empty on the eastbound crossing. This Friday’s FAQ explores that question! markchirnside.co.uk/faq-was-third-…

My podcast(s) with The Steam & Splendor Network address various Titanic conspiracy theories, including claims that she had an 'Achilles Heel'. markchirnside.co.uk/steam-splendor…

Chimp’s heartfelt reaction on seeing the careraker who rescued him years ago

Today’s blog discusses some common claims about Adriatic (1907) and HAPAG’s Amerika (1905). markchirnside.co.uk/adriatic-ameri…

Today’s blog warns of the perils of AI, with examples of inaccurate claims about Oceanic and Britannic. markchirnside.co.uk/the-perils-of-…

Tickets are now available for a talk by the well known maritime historian Mark Chirnside titled "Mutiny on The Olympic". The talk will take place in PRONI on Monday September 8th at 7pm. Tickets available here bit.ly/45u0Ugo

A ship’s captain had many issues to deal with, as Smith’s experience in 1910 shows. markchirnside.co.uk/captain/. Titanic International Society Stephen Scarth

All too often, sensationalist claims and conspiracy theories grab headlines in relation to Titanic. Today’s post highlights a number of false claims made almost two decades ago and explores the facts. markchirnside.co.uk/article-from-t… Titanic International Society Belfast Titanic Stephen Scarth

Introducing 'Olympic & Titanic: Triumph and Disaster'! markchirnside.co.uk/olympic-titani…

My PRONI lecture this year discussed ‘Mutiny on the Olympic’. markchirnside.co.uk/mutiny-on-the-…

Here’s a compilation of dogs and cats proving the internet wrong best friends forever and way too cute

The biscuit maker has become the biscuit!

This is Nala. An autism service dog. She got to meet her hero and they became the best of friends.. 😊

The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be

If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's videosurveillance system was "Louvre".

The First World War miraculously produced all sorts of high culture. But every year on this day it is worth watching the ending of the greatest sitcom, which somehow managed to catch the tone of remembrance exactly, perfectly right.

Impossible to understand our moment in history without grasping that for many people reality is increasingly a marginal phenomenon that happens around the edges of screen time.

This FT graph showing the student loans threshold and the minimum wage converging is quite the thing.