Rye Arts Festival Seas The Power – William Thomson

PERFORMER:
William Thomson

SPONSOR:
Marsha by the Sea

FACILITIES:

• Wheelchair access
• Bar
• Free Parking

Learn how to harness the ocean’s power with William Thomson.

Described as ‘The Prince of Tides’ by the Daily Telegraph, William is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, author of The Book of Tides and Tides and the Ocean, and is a world leader in sharing knowledge of the sea so you can have safer and ultimately more satisfying adventures.

William’s acclaimed The Book of Tides is an idiosyncratic, richly illustrated guide to Britain’s rivers, seas and shores, for everyone who loves the water and the natural world – a Norwegian Wood for Britain’s waters.

Inspired by his own witnessing of the power of the sea through travelling around Britain’s coastline in a panel van with his young family, William Thomson tells the story of the cycles of the sea. He combines a lyrical, passionate narrative with graphically beautiful renderings of the main forms of water which affect Britain: Rip, Rapids, Swell, Stream, Tide, Wave, Whirlpool, Tsunami.

“I had expected a nerdy cagoule-wearing Nicholas Crane-alike, but surfer Will is young, inventive, alternative…Enlightened too — he’s building a catamaran with a plan to sail the globe, investigating climate change solutions, with his artist wife and their tots.” The Times