The last hours of the Titanic were a perfect tragedy. No wonder we’re still obsessed
What with the centenary coming up next month, it was hard to imagine anything that could make the Titanic loom larger in the popular consciousness. But that was before Julian Fellowes’s new series, to be broadcast this month.

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