Book & Film Reviews

The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is bringing a new collection of the world’s best ocean-themed films to venues around the UK this autumn

Helen Scales' The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea will be published in paperback on 4 August

Helen Scales' The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabeds

A moving story by Julie Berwald intertwines a personal drama with the global crisis of coral conservation.

Review of the thrilling and thorough documentary about the rescue of a youth football team from a flooded Thai cave

Dylan McFinn and the Sea Serpent's Fury is the first of three novels by Liam Jenkins, who – inspired by scuba diving – brings to the page an excellent young-adult adventure filled with a wonderful sense of humour, and a very important message for conservation.

Need your fix of underwater beauty? Here are some oh-so-cool music videos which make you long to be allowed back…

Here's our selection of some of the best movies on Netflix for a spot of sofa diving. Grab your popcorn and prepare for some deep dives.

The inside story about The Cave - the first feature film about the rescue of the Thai schoolboy football club saved from a flooded cave

Here's five great Netflix treats not to miss - some classics and one new stunner about to be released. Get the popcorn, prepare to sofa dive!

Steel yourself: These powerful trailers for top documentaries will make you rethink the way humankind is treating our oceans and…