Weekend magazine seaside special A celebration of the British coast, including writers on their favourite beach; our food writers' tastiest recipes for fish, shellfish and samphire; end-of-pier fashion; and a report on the Irish beach that disappeared 33 years ago – then came back.
Living the simple life in Dungeness
'We were the only brown faces on the beach': how I fell in love with the British seaside
'Forget Miami, Edinburgh has the best beach': Irvine Welsh and others on their favourite coastline
The new vegan: Meera Sodha’s recipe for samphire, potato and chickpea chaat
There are two Cornwalls: the paradise of my fantasies and the place I’ve moved to Tanya Gold
'I never thought I'd see it again': the Irish beach that came back
Yotam Ottolenghi’s shellfish recipes
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for baked bream with tomatoes and peppers Sicilian-style baked fish with a Mexican twist
Let’s move to Herne Bay, Kent: classic caffs and crazy golf Sandwiched between Whitstable and Margate is the seaside that time forgot
Experience: I am a professional mermaid
Stark, Broadstairs, Kent: ‘I find it hard to pick holes’ – restaurant review
All the fun of the fair: summer fashion – in pictures
