The lost world of the fisherman’s wife

IT was a dreich day in the waters surrounding the Scottish Isle of Skye when it became clear to skipper James Robertson that his unlikely young apprentice, Brooke Lamond, had what it takes to become a

In Potopaddu harbour, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, we were navigating through a narrow and tricky channel, with minimal depths, which then widened into a large, sheltered pool. There were seve

Island life, family tradition, celebrity crab orders and seafood on the seabed – how one tiny shop on Bryher became an Isles of Scilly institution

It has been a long drive, but I need to get as far away from the city as possible. Somewhere near Andover the stupidity of what I’m doing hits me and I pull into a service station, get out of the car

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

THERE had to be at least 30 kids, milling around the ferry terminal like ants. “Why do people transport kids at night, anyway?” Julia asked her client, Mr Berry, who was chief buyer for the ferry cong