Best known for playing headstrong Eloise in the popular Netflix drama Bridgerton, actor Claudia Jessie has recently moved aboard a narrowboat in Birmingham.

In conversation with the WW team she describes how living afloat helps her mental health, provides a welcome contrast to her TV career and represents the fulfilment of a long-held dream.

Andrew Denny has been a boat-owner for over 20 years and joined the WW team in 2010, having established himself as Britain’s foremost waterways blogger under the alias of ‘Granny Buttons’. We discuss his pioneering blogging activities, his rather bizarre introduction to boating and his impressions of the changing nature of our canals and rivers.

Co-owner of Tristar Boats, Michelle Greenwood, discusses some of the company’s more unusual projects, how customer demands are changing, and what it’s like to work in a largely male-dominated industry.

It’s not widely known that MP and former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is a huge waterways enthusiast. In conversation with the WW team, he discusses his early boating experiences, his passion for, and involvement in, canal restoration, and his long-held interest in industrial history.

The Canal & River Trust is the charity that administers the majority of navigable waterways in England and Wales, and Richard Parry has been at its helm for over seven years. In conversation with editor Bobby Cowling, he discusses the trust’s achievements and setbacks to date, how both the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and climate change are posing new challenges to its work, and his vision for its future.

Regular Waterways World contributor Andy Tidy discusses life as a roving trader in 2020 and his passion for waterways history, particularly the canals of the West Midlands.

Marina owner and waterways heritage champion Tim Coghlan discusses the challenges of running a boat business this year, the changes he’s observed during his 32 years at Braunston and his celebrity boating friends.

A year into the role of national chairman of the Inland Waterways Association, Paul Rodgers discusses his vision for the future of the charity, the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and his fairly recent introduction to canal cruising

Actor Sir David Suchet, best known for playing Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, is an avid boater and prominent champion of waterways restoration. In conversation with the WW team, he describes being a trial-blazing liveaboard boater in the 1970s, his passion for waterways history and his recent acquisition of a narrowboat.

Cartographer Richard Fairhurst discusses his passion for mapping our inland routes, along with his career in waterways journalism, his interest in canal restoration and his recent outings aboard his 40ft narrowboat.