Introduction. This blog is about tidal cultures. These are the amazing natural and cultural ecologies that are shaped and entangled by tidal rise and fall at the margins of the oceans. Tidal cultures are present in all coastal landscapes where tides rise and fall. They are particularly rich in highly dynamic tidal landscapes such as estuaries, where these can raise the sea level many metres in a matter of house and then lower it again. Often huge areas of inter-tidal land are repeatedly exposed and then inundated through this process. Tidal cultures are thus cultures of the coast, of where the ..read more

New entries added to: Tidel Related Artworks. There are just about 100 entries now. Tidal Glossary. About 140 words and phrases. Non-Fiction Books about tides and tidal places. Getting on for 50 books listed. There are three of the main pages in this blog ..read more

They tell me the following. Thanks to all who visit and comment ..read more

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14. 12. 2022 Like many others I am so shocked and saddened by the death of Jon Beedell. I was lucky enough to be involved in various enterprises with Jon and The Desperate Men. Deepest sympathies to all his family, friends and colleagues. As a tribute please I have assembled as much of the fabulous Proxi and Peri films and photos that I can find. Please note this was a large creative enterprise running over a few years in Bristol approx. 2015 – 2017, with input from various individuals and organisations. Here is information from the Desperate Men website as a screen shot. Please also note tha ..read more

This lovely art work was created as part of celebrations of the opening of Heather’s new print studio in Arizona ..read more

Made for the International Rivers Symposium (IRS) 2022. Summarising a paper in the special Issue of River Research entitled Voicing Rivers ..read more

This Excellent BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific – A passion for Fruit Flies interviewed Professor Charalambos Kyriacou about body clocks in animals and circadian rhythms. The latter part of the programme discusses tides and body clocks, particularly that of the speckled sea louse. Fascinating stuff about tidal life. I decided to email Professor Kyriacou with a question and he very kindly replied. And he also kindly agreed that I could post or email exchange here. So here it is. From: Owain Jones <owain.oj@btinternet.com> Dear Professor Charalambos Kyriacou I study tides – but vi ..read more