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Living by the Sea

Coast Character: Simon Turner

Designer Simon Turner on how the rugged Suffolk coast has inspired his artwork. Interview: Alex Fisher

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Coast Character: William Thomson

Furniture-maker WILLIAM THOMSON on how his love of the Kent coast gave him an idea for a new business. Interview: Alex Fisher

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Coast Character: Lucy Clarke

Author LUCY CLARKE on how her life by the sea inspires her writing. Interview: Alex Fisher Photographs: James Bowden

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Coast Character: Jude Kereama

Chef and Great British Menu competitor Jude Kereama on the charm of Cornwall’s villages and seaside foraging. Interview: Gabrielle Jaffe. Photograph: Matthew Fox

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Coast Character: Jane Foster

Designer/illustrator JANE FOSTER explains how the influence of the Devon coastline comes through in her homewares, fabrics, books and toys. Interview: Alex Reece

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Coast Character: Gemma Early

Gemma Early, owner of Daisy Moo’s Bakehouse, Worthing’s only vegetarian and vegan café, on the restorative power of seaside living. Interview: Barbara Hopkins Photograph: Lani Castles

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Coast Character: Scott Marshall

Scott Marshall on how his love of the ocean became his business. Interview: Alex Fisher Photo: Jon Spong

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Creative Corner: Julia Smith

Ceramicist Julia Smith lives for the soothing rhythm of her pottery wheel and the sound of waves lapping at the Scottish shore outside her garden studio. Words: Madeleine Barber.

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Creative Corner: John Dyer

With the beauty of a subtropical Cornish coastline driving his creativity, Falmouth-based artist John Dyer has to ‘live it to paint it’. Words: Madeleine Barber