Book & Film Reviews

Ideas to get your creative juices flowing - Jenny Stock reviews the new '52 Assignments - Underwater Photography' by Alex Mustard

In the beginning... a review of Treasures, Shipwrecks and the Dawn of Red Sea Diving, by Howard Rosenstein, published by Dived Up

A pocket-size treat for shark lovers - a review of Sharkpedia, A Brief Compendium of Shark Lore by Daniel C Abel, Princeton University Press

High crimes on the High Seas - a review of The High Seas; Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean by Olive Heffernan, Profile Books

The Ocean Film Festival is bringing some more wild seafaring voyages and fascinating marine-life to the big screen in September this year

One of the most definitive accounts of the early years of Red Sea scuba diving by pioneer Howard Rosenstein has just hit the bookstores.

The Shark Trust podcast delves behind the scenes for exclusive insights into the world of shark and ray conservation

A new three-part docu-series is coming to Nat Geo LIVE this Earth Day - a fantastic glimpse into the lives and behaviours of octopuses

BBC documentary to highlight the search for a lost German WWI submarine and the British ship that sank her

A new 12-part podcast in association with Greenpeace UK is exploring life below the waves, with BBC presenter, Hannah Stitfall

Extracts from Helen Scales’ beautifully illustrated Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life, featuring two of its most iconic ocean creatures

A review of Many Things Under a Rock - The Mysteries of Octopuses, by David Scheel - a fascinating book about a fascinating subject

A review of The Bathysphere Book, Effects of Luminous Ocean Depths by Brad Fox - an extraordinary book about an extraordinary man

The relationship between two sisters is tested in indie thriller, The Dive, although divers will need to suspend some disbelief to enjoy it

The tragic consequences of freediving to world-record depths are explored in 'The Deepest Breath' documentary released on Netflix this week

The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new collection of ocean-themed films in venues around the UK this autumn.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Finding Nemo, here's the real-life creatures that inspired Pixar's animated blockbuster

Check out the teaser trailer for Our Planet II, a four-part series narrated by David Attenborough coming to Netflix on 14 June