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Art of glass
Brian W Lavery talks to sea-glass artist Sal Smith about her ‘paying hobby’ that was sparked by a chance remark and developed in lockdown ‘A ...
‘We have tears in here many a time’
Brian W Lavery visits a Hornsea retired trawler skipper and friends who have taken fishing’s history and heritage into their own hands A few years ...
The model citizen of Green Island
After a remarkably detailed diorama of the old St Andrew’s fish docks was donated to the Hull Fishing Heritage Centre, Brian W Lavery paid a ...
The changing face of fishing
A Holderness project aimed at boosting careers at sea wants to encourage more young people into the fishing industry from both genders… Brian W Lavery ...
The film crew who swapped fishing nets for movie reels
Brian W Lavery meets accidental movie mogul Andrew Fenton, whose new Brit flick has been hailed as the ‘Fishermen’s Full Monty’ and is set to ...
Bring her home
A campaign has been launched to raise funds to bring home the Viola – the world’s oldest viable steam trawler – from her final berth in ...
‘The Quiet Disaster’: The story of the forgotten men of the St Finbarr
On Christmas Day, 1966, 12 of the 25-strong crew of the ‘supertrawler’ St Finbarr – commanded by courageous Hornsea skipper Tom Sawyer – died in ...