He is also the grandson and biographer of Jock Hume, a violinist who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic and one of the members of the band which continued playing while the ship sank.
Ward began his career as a journalist in 1959 working at local newspapers, the Driffield Times and the Newcastle Evening Chronicle.
He remained at the Express for two years, before leaving in 1983[1] to jointly found Redwood magazine publishers with Christopher Curry and Michael Potter.
[5] His book, And the Band Played On: The Titanic Violinist and the Glovemaker: A True Story of Love, Loss and Betrayal (2011), became a Sunday Times bestseller and was made into a documentary for the Discovery Channel titled, Titanic: The Aftermath.
[6] The book details the story of Ward's grandfather, Jock Hume, a violinist who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic and one of the members of the band which continued playing while the ship sank.