Consider a plastic bottle bobbing on the ocean’s surface, thousands of miles from the nearest coastline. To the naked eye, it appears lifeless – just another piece of discarded waste adrift on an endl

My motives for this trip were varied. I was on the committee that vetted applications for the Ocean Cruising Club’s Challenge Grant when Project Manaia had applied for a grant to support their environ

The devastation caused by deep-sea commercial fishing

The last word

From childhood collections to international exhibitions, artist Steve McPherson transforms the Kent coast’s cast-offs into powerful works of memory, mystery and meaning

Every month, we trawl the nation’s coastline to bring you news of the people, places and exciting goings-on that are worth knowing about