We know Captain John Smith (1579–1631) as one of a generation of speculators and risk-takers: the soldiers-at-large, the privateers, the explorers, the planters of colonies in the late Tudor and early ...

Today’s Poem of the Day, “Sea Fever” by John Masefield (1878–1967), has long been a staple of children’s anthologies. It’s the quintessence of the traditional “boy’s poem,” with its call to a life ...

During the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2002, Leo Hannewijk (festival director Film by the Sea) approached filmmaker and producer Digna Sinke with the idea of asking several film makers to ...

Writing towards the end of the first world war, the poet, novelist, journalist and suffragist Benson here dreams of a secure peace ...

I love you sea and all your changing moods, the tickle-toe moments you share with me, the hearts you calm, the souls you sooth. But please today just play with me, dear sea. Hide ‘n Seek, ...

That no one but me can find and see. You’re still what you have always been, Loving, caring, and with a modest grin. Does the world not know who you are? Oh, that’s nonsense! That’s truly bizarre!