Since childhood, I’ve always loved piers, typical of English seaside resorts. I grew up on the coast of the Bristol Channel where the Severn estuary meets the Atlantic Ocean and our nearest town with a pier was Burnham-on-sea. But the most beautiful, in my opinion, (and that of Sir John Betjeman, “the most beautiful pier in England”) is … Continue reading A Passion for Piers by Catharine Amato →