A (virtual) day at the seaside

Like so many things, our Bath Writers and Artists calendar has had to be rejigged and  our day of contemplating The Sea has been postponed. But with the coast out of bounds to everyone except its native inhabitants (how I wished Id followed an urge to drive to Clevedon just before the lockdown!) what better time to think about those sea-side places and some books that celebrate them.

[image error]image courtesy of Simon Caplan*

The Sea, The Sea, the title of Irish Murdochs  novel echoes the cry of the...