Mark Chirnside

Maritime researcher and author, specialising in Olympic, Titanic, Britannic and other contemporary liners. (Message via my website’s Contact form.)

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'Oceanic: White Star's "Ship of the Century"' is out! If you want a personal, signed copy you can buy one here: https://t.co/2zj60umYzu

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@Nassreddin2002 D66 is fifth! Spannend…

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Did You Know About the Reward for Carpathia‘s Crew?

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Did You Know About the Electric Lighting in the Toilets?

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“I think it’s going to change to whole nature of life.”
In 1965, Sir Leon Bagrit spoke to Erskine Childers, Austen Albu and future chancellor Nigel Lawson about the coming age of automation.

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Keen-eyed visitors to Mark Chirnside's Reception Room will see the new Knowledge Hub, which brings together the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Did You Know? features.

New material is being added all the time!

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It was a great pleasure to talk with Tad Fitch and J Kent Layton about my new book, 'Olympic & Titanic: Triumph and Disaster': ‘this detailed work offers fresh discoveries on nearly every page…’

https://t.co/05PQ8PwIDC

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J. Bruce Ismay voiced fears in September 1902 that the newly formed IMM combine had a shortage of fast ships, suggesting it was necessary to do something about it. This is another subject covered in detail in Chapter 4:

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It was great to talk about some of the key events of Olympic’s career.

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Countries with old populations don’t grow, they struggle under pensions and healthcare obligations, instead of productive investments

Given the demographic trends, we have not seen anything yet. Properties in vast areas will become worthless and investment will drop even further

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This blog answers a common question!

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My latest blog post examines a little known aspect of Olympic and Titanic’s rudders.

https://t.co/SugrtqOr6v

@TitanicHG @Belfast_Titanic @TitanicTours @BritTitanicSoc

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Miauw! 🐈‍⬛

[Charlie Davies @cgdav135]

If we changed pensions to pay out exactly how much these people paid in they would riot.

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Chapter 3, ‘Unsinkable’, explores topics related to safety at sea and ship design.

We start by looking at the context in the decades prior to 1912…

https://t.co/HomgaSd4VJ

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The OBR warns that Britain's economy is on an unsustainable footing as an ageing population puts ever more pressure on the public spending. Much of it is driven by the triple lock

* Health spending is projected to rise from 8% of GDP in 2030/31 to 13% of GDP by 2075-76

* State pension spending is projected to rise from 5% of GDP to around 9% of GDP by 2075-76

* Education spending is expected to fall from 4.3% of GDP to 3.4% of GDP because there are fewer children

* The baseline scenario forecasts that spending will rise from 40% of GDP to 49% of GDP

[DutchNews.NL @DutchNewsNL]

The government is getting it all wrong with its plans to change the Box 3 asset tax system, writes Luke Staden, founder of Staden Financial Management. https://t.co/WMFbeZDi3C

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Olympic’s westbound maiden voyage average speed was mistakenly understated publicly for almost a century. Sam Halpern and I corrected the error in 2006!

https://t.co/IcqT1nCaiw

[Tides of History @labour_history]

In the early 90s, Penelope Keith took on a different comedy role to ones in the Good Life and To the Manor Born.

She starred as Jean Price - a new Labour MP navigating the male dominated world of Westminster - in No Job for a Lady 👑