Ansar Ali and the music of our times
Opinion
The writer is a lawyer.
We are told that as the Titanic sank, amidst the clamour that ruptured the placid night sky, two sounds stood out. First, the ringing of the watchtower bell – alerting the crew that ice had punctured metal. For the next couple of hours, the crew frantically attempted to keep the ship afloat. And then came the violins.
This week’s column was originally intended to be about the TLP and things like the Futility of Banning an Idea. Borrowing from Salman Raja Sahib writing in these pages some years ago (albeit in a different context), I might have pondered how “minds congeal much like blood.”
Titanic survivor Eugene Daly s account as the ship sank
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Expert debunks myths of the Titanic: Historian insists that Captain Edward Smith wasn t reckless
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A new documentary exposes the harrowing story of the six Chinese mariners who survived Titanic but were vilified in the press and deported from the US just days after the sinking.
Filmmakers Arthur Jones and Steven Schwankert have made The Six, which debuted in Chinese cinemas this week, to tell the little-known story of eight third-class Chinese passengers on the ship: Ah Lam, Fang Lang, Len Lam, Cheong Foo, Chang Chip, Ling Hee, Lee Bing and Lee Ling.
After the sinking, two of the men died, five escaped the ship on lifeboats, and a sixth, Fang Lang, survived after he was found clinging to a wooden plank in the middle of the ocean.