A supposedly unsinkable ship, an iceberg and a catastrophe that circulates through popular culture – the Titanic disaster is one of the most retold events in modern history. But familiarity comes at a cost. Repeated retellings tend to simplify what happened and reduce the real people involved to a basic story.
Retellings of the Titanic disaster often focus only on the sinking itself and forget what happened afterwards. Many lives were deeply affected by the disaster long after it ended, including people who were not even on the ship.
