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Living by the Sea

Inspired by the coast: Kate Blair, Designer-maker

Inspired by the coast: Kate Blair, Designer-maker
A year ago, Kate Blair swapped office life for a daily trawl along her favourite Hampshire beaches, collecting marine debris to make into quirky sculptures, pictures and fashion accessories. Inspired by the coast, she's made a new career and helps to clean her local beaches too!

Coast Character: Daniel Edge

Coast Character: Daniel Edge
When Daniel Edge, chef and founder of The Blue Hutcafé in Teignmouth, isn’t cooking delicious snacks for beachside customers, he’s out boating, fishing and kayaking...

Tom Jay: A New Home By The Sea

Tom Jay: A New Home By The Sea

Exchanging city living for being by the coast has brought rich rewards for illustrator Tom Jay, who moved from London’s Hackney to a home – and studio – in Cornwall. Words: Sue Herdman

Coast Character: Dave Miller

Coast Character: Dave Miller

Flood defence engineer and ‘man from the Ministry’, DAVE MILLER, on working hard to make Bude’s water quality cleaner and safer for everyone. Interview and photograph Martin Dorey

Get Your Vitamin Sea: Why Living on the Coast is Better For You

Get Your Vitamin Sea: Why Living on the Coast is Better For You

Living by the sea really is good for you – now there’s evidence to back that up. Environmental psychologist Dr Lewis Elliott explores the therapeutic benefits of being in, on and by the water. Words: Anna Turns

Beach-hut Bohemia on the Sussex Coast

Beach-hut Bohemia on the Sussex Coast

Celebrating a shared affinity for life by the sea, we meet a close-knit community of beach hut owners on the East Sussex coast who reveal the inspiration behind their eclectic seaside interiors. Words: Jessica Johnson. Photographs: Louise Haywood-Schiefer

Coast Character: Mike Nelhams

Coast Character: Mike Nelhams

Tresco Abbey Garden’s curator MIKE NELHAMS on his love of island life and how weather and its effect on the sea shapes the botanical oasis. Interview: Rachel Homer

Coast Character: Maggie Sheddan

Coast Character: Maggie Sheddan

MAGGIE SHEDDAN on how volunteering for a seabird charity led her to a new life by the sea. Interview: Alex Fisher

Coast Character: Dawn Hourigan

Coast Character: Dawn Hourigan

Dawn Hourigan on how her company ATLANTIC KITCHEN, which imports wild seaweed, is a result of an Irish coastal childhood. Interview: Richard Mellor

Coast Character: Will Bees

Coast Character: Will Bees

The ebb and flow of Salcombe estuary inspires artisan bag maker WILL BEES to create one-off designs. Interview: Anna Turns

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