Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle play troubled newlyweds in Dominic Cooke’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel, 'On Chesil Beach ... where gently rolling hills meet the vast stone beaches of ...

“No.” That was the only conversation I had on Chesil Beach. My walk ended nine miles on from Portland at Abbotsbury — where the pebbles make landfall amid steep green hills. Gathered in the ...

I learnt many new things about Chesil Beach when I visited ... Wrasse like to scuttle behind rocks where it's very difficult to extract them without breaking the line. The trick is to keep ...

With a prime position on the Jurassic Coast, this Dorset harbour town is well placed for fossil-hunting walks on Chesil Beach and boat trips to the magnificent rock arch of Durdle Door. Church Ope ...

Plans to protect Chesil Cove in Portland have face scrutiny from members of the public. Residents have launched a petition against plans for a rock revetment on the beach. Police put a cordon in ...

But volunteers working along Chesil Beach saw a record numbers of fledgling chicks last year. In 2021 the Chesil Beach Little Tern Recovery Project recorded three surviving fledglings, but in 2022 ...

Theater director Dominic Cooke tackles Ian McEwan’s novel “On Chesil Beach,” adapted for the screen by McEwan himself. McEwan’s books have made for memorable film adaptations, most notably ...

Hundreds of dead or injured birds have washed up on Chesil Beach, including razorbills and guillemots Volunteers clearing storm debris from a Dorset beach say not enough is being done to remove ...

Florence Ponting (Saoirse Ronan) reads these lines in a sex education book with curiosity and mounting distaste midway through On Chesil Beach (based ... with a passion for rock’n’roll.

This week sees the release of On Chesil Beach, a film based on his perfectly-crafted 2007 novella set in Dorset in the summer of 1962. It pivots around the wedding night of two young innocents ...

It hardly seems accidental that “On Chesil Beach,” Dominic Cooke’s new film, like the Ian McEwan novel on which it’s based, takes place mostly in the previous year. Florence Ponting and ...

and proves to be a fiercely charismatic and commanding talent. But the biggest news about “On Chesil Beach” may be Dominic Cooke, the 51-year-old English theater veteran who directed it.