| mirror.co.uk | GOING OVERBOARD AS TITANIC FEVER BEGINS TO GO ON ... AND ON AND ON - MIRROR.CO.UK (BLOG) There is little doubt that we are all going to be engulfed with Titanic fever over the next few months, as the centenary of the liner's sinking approaches. Memorial cruises, films and exhibitions are all being prepared for the great event which will capture our attention before the arrival of distractions such as The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.... |
2nd January 2012 | |||
| mirror.co.uk | PAINTINGS THAT NEARLY SANK ON THE TITANIC SOLD FOR £7M TWO Russian paintings that narrowly avoided being sent to a watery grave on the Titanic have sold for nearly £7million. The early-20th century works by Vasili Polenov were booked on the ship for exhibition in the US. But the cargo was delayed and missed the doomed liner’s maiden voyage in April 1912. ... |
2nd December 2011 | |||
| mirror.co.uk | TITANIC VOYAGES SELLING OUT A cruise on Fred Olsen's Balmoral, re-tracing Titanic's route, has been sold out for months, but places are still available on board Azamara Journey which is due to leave from New York on April 10 and will rendezvous with Balmoral at the wreck site ...... |
3rd August 2011 | |||
| mirror.co.uk | ITV AUDIENCE TO SEE THE TITANIC SINK FOUR TIMES AS JULIAN FELLOWES RECREATES ... - MIRROR.CO.UK THE Titanic is to sink FOUR times in a new £8million ITV drama to mark the centenary of the epic disaster. Emotional scenes showing the liner going down on her maiden voyage will appear in each of the four hour-long instalments – seen from the perspectives of different characters. Writer Julian Fellowes has devised plots for a huge range of passengers and crew. Speaking from the lavish set in Hungary, Fellowes said that he and producer Nigel Stafford-Clark wanted a fresh approach.... |
1st July 2011 | |||
| mirror.co.uk | TITANIC'S LAUNCH REMEMBERED It has always struck me as odd that Titanic has been responsible for attracting thousands of passengers to the glamour of cruising... |
31st May 2011 | |||
| mirror.co.uk | A TITANIC NIGHT TO REMEMBER In just a few days' time ceremonies will be held to mark the anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic's 99 years ago; an exhibition of artefacts recovered from the wreck is in its final month...... |
6th April 2011 | |||
| Mirror.co.uk | FOUND AT LAST THE VIOLIN PLAYED BY THE TITANIC BANDMASTER AS THE SHIP WENT DOWN The missing violin played by the Titanics bandleader as the liner slowly sank could have been found 99 years on.... |
29th March 2011 | |||
| Mirror.co.uk | TITANIC MEMORIAL CRUISES GO DOWN WELL April 2012 will see the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and it's beginning to look like the spot where the doomed liner went down is going to be a little crowded with the announcement that a second cruise ship will make a memorial voyage to the site.... |
23rd September 2010 | |||
| Mirror.co.uk | MAN HIT BY CURSE OF TITANIC THROWS BACK RELIC A man hit by the curse of the Titanic after stealing a piece of the sunken ship's hull has thrown it back into the sea.... |
17th April 2009 | |||
| Mirror.co.uk | SECRETS OF THE TITANIC SURVIVOR LILLIAN ASPLUND REVEALED For 94 years, Titanic survivor Lillian Asplund refused to speak about the tragedy that had claimed the lives of her father and three brothers.But when she died aged 99, a shoebox was found containing letters, photos and mementos of her family's demise.... |
28th March 2008 | |||
| Mirror.co.uk | DOCTOR WHO Kylie Minogue puckers up with the Doctor in this ultra action-packed drama.And it's a corker. Even with the future of the Earth at stake, there's still plenty of the Doctor's joky humour, some nice Christmas gags and even a touching romance.... |
27th December 2007 | |||
| Mirror.co.uk | £22K TALE OF TITANIC SURVIVOR A Titanic survivor's letter giving her account of the disaster has sold for £22,000 at auction.The writer tells how her party was last off the doomed liner and nearly froze to death in a lifeboat before being rescued.... |
1st October 2007 | |||