GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
THE FACT that our coastal waters are full of fish that we have a right to catch, eat and trade is a no-brainer. But you wouldn’t have thought so while Britain was a member of the European Union or, subsequently, coping with the sell-out Tory EU exit deal.
The subtitle of Brian Denny's booklet — Develop Our Coastal Communities for a Sustainable Future in an Independent Britain — nicely sets out how an independent future is on the cards.
But a sustainable fishing industry depends on the momentum built after 2026, following which Britain has the right to exclude EU boats from its fishing waters, though no-one wants a return to the farcical cod wars with Iceland of the 1970s.
Channel 4’s Dirty Business shows why private companies cannot be trusted with vital services like water, says PAUL DONOVAN



