Actress and equality campaigner Nicola Thorp tells us why living afloat has been good for her mental health and how our inland waterways can become better spaces for women
Retired Welsh trip-boat operator Peter Jones was recently awarded IWA’s Tetlow Cup in recognition of his outstanding service to the waterways. We spoke to him about his remarkable canal career
Timothy West fronted ten series of Channel 4’s Great Canal Journeys alongside wife Prunella Scales before retiring from the show last year. We chatted to the actor and boater in 2015
Best known for playing moustachioed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, David Suchet is also a keen boater and all-round waterways do-gooder. Here he reveals the moment he fell in love with our waterways
Carrying cargoes on a historic narrowboat all year round, Nick Wolfe lives the life of a traditional working boater. He tells us about his experiences aboard