Canal Connections
We talk to people who make the waterways part of their life
Chris Coburn
Chris Coburn completed the first Dover-Calais crossing by narrowboat 30 years ago
Rob Pointon
Plein air artist Rob Pointon has travelled the world for his work but the UK’s canals and rivers continue to provide inspiration
Lesley Banks
Artist Lesley Banks’ next exhibition celebrates Scotland’s Year of Coasts & Waters. She tells us about the canals residency that started it all
Jones the Boats
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
Nicola Thorp
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
Ian Rank-Broadley
Sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley tells us about his latest commission: three bronzes by City Road Basin on the Regent’s Canal in London
Timothy West
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
Robbie Cumming
Liveaboard boater Robbie Cumming tells us how he made the leap from YouTube vlogger to primetime TV presenter
David Suchet
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
Danie Couchman
Author and boater Danie Couchman shares the highs and lows of London liveaboard life
Minimal List
Trailblazing vlogging couple Jo and Michael Morehouse reveal how they snagged IWA’s very first Silver Propeller Award
Maid of Gingerbread
Liveaboard baker Emily Garland reveals the benefits of having a small boat on London’s waterways
Nick Wolfe
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
Jeremy Corbyn
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn jumped off the 2019 election trail to talk exclusively to WW about his little-known passion for the canals