Virginia mcvea heads maritime and coastguard agency

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Speakers: Peter Hoskin—Books & culture editor, Prospect—Chair Anjali Goswami—Chief scientific adviser, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Rosie Boycott—Vice chair & director, Peers for t

As an island nation, the UK has a long and proud fishing history, a cultural identity that caused waves in the 2016 campaign to leave the EU. For a few days in May 2025 that passion resurfaced, when t

The British Yachting Awards celebrate the finest of both the cruising and racing worlds. This year it offers recognition at the end of an extraordinary year, which has seen sailing deliver an astonish

During this year’s scorching summer, I ended many of my rides with a dip in a small, long-neglected harbour near where I live. Occasionally I had to compete for space with fishermen who chose to cast

How do you fix boats in the middle of the Atlantic? Ali Wood visits a unique business that deals with everything from broken booms to ARC crews and Interpol