Titanic – Mr Ulster

Book review: The Colour of Time (Dan JONES & Marina AMARAL)

on 27 May 201927 May 2019 By Allan LEONARD 1 Comment

Book review: The Colour of Time (Dan JONES & Marina AMARAL) by Allan LEONARD 26 May 2019 Released in hardcover in August 2018 and now available in paperback, The Colour of Time, by historian Dan Jones and artist Marina Amaral, is a collection of 200 colourised photographs taken between 1850 and 1960. With accompanying extended [...]

100th Anniversary Titanic Commemoration Service

on 15 Apr 20126 May 2019 By Allan LEONARD 1 Comment

When I arrived in Belfast in 1994, one matter that struck me as peculiar was the near neglected Titanic Memorial statue on the east lawn of Belfast City Hall. The situation became blasphemous when the Big Wheel was erected practically right on top of it a few years ago. If I remain circumspect of some [...]