The painting A History of the Titanic in 30 Pieces

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'When I was young, growing up in East Belfast, of course the shipyard

'dominated everyone's life.

'My father, and my uncle who lived next door,

'both went to work in Harland and Wolff.'

Each night, I met them at the corner of the street

with my jotter, begging them to draw me a boat.

For me, this lovely 1912 picture by Joseph Carey,

entitled Holywood Golf Links,

works on two quite different levels.

We're standing on the steep slopes of Holywood golf course,

then we look just a little more closely

and right at the centre of the picture

we make out a large four-funnelled ship.

With the realisation that this is the Titanic,

I think we feel a great sense of tragedy, a great sense of sorrow.

Because unlike the golfers below us,

we know that on her maiden voyage

she's going to sink,

and the very name Titanic is going to become synonymous with disaster.