Tag: coast
The Herring Man
Stories should not die… They ought to be remembered by someone, somewhere, somehow. And with this quote, the theme and tone of this book is establishe …
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The Village
Cities are hip. Towns are gritty. Hamlets are romantic. Capitals are – snooty accent coming – capital. Villages are problematic. What do you think of …
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Skomer Island: Its History and Natural History
A botanist visiting Skomer in the early twentieth century described it as a ‘bird slum’. Certainly, the tiny lump of volcanic rock off the Pembrokeshi …
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Pier Closing Time
There is no such thing as realism. Photographers might choose to capture the gritty, the depressing, the down at heel, but they do so by selection, by …
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In the Sweep of the Bay
The woman behind plate glass could not have been in their thoughts, they were not performing to impress and entertain her. Far out, they rode on the w …
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Barry Island: The Making of a Seaside Playground c1790–1965
Some British seaside resorts double as lazy jokes. Skegness, Blackpool and Clacton-on-Sea are names that trip off the tongue when there’s chatter abou …
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Who is Briton Tom? Interview with Robert Minhinnick in Porthcawl
This interview, conducted in English, was originally published in Welsh (‘Tywod Porthcawl: Mynd am Dro gyda Robert Minhinnick’) in O’r Pedwar Gwynt ( …
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No Far Shore: Charting Unknown Waters
‘So, what was it actually like,’ asks Anne-Marie Fyfe, ‘growing up on the edge of something vast and exciting, on the edge of both calm and danger?’ B …
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The Jeweller
‘We’d better kneel down then.’ Mo grumbled as she looked for some clear space in the middle of the floor. You could see the shape of her horseshoe bro …
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Our Schizophrenia
Adieu, Derek Walcott: 23 January 1930–17 March 2017 I who have cursed The drunken officer of British rule, how choose Between this Africa and the Engl …
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