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 ...

Captain Edward Smith, the commander of the Titanic, has often been accused of negligence for maintaining high speed in icy waters. The ship was traveling at approximately 22.5 knots, just below its ...

And White Star Line chairman Joseph Bruce Ismay was condemned as a coward for taking a space in a lifeboat. So was there really a 'villain' in the disaster, or was it simply an unavoidable tragedy?

The story of the musical may be familiar enough by now, but this in-the-round production in Lincolnshire is magnificent to ...

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 ...

"As he loaded women and children in the lifeboats, it is said he ordered J. Bruce Ismay, the managing director of White Star Line, to get out of his way, telling him, ‘You will have me drown the ...

Departing Southampton Harbour, a nail-biting near miss almost derails the maiden voyage.