Adrift: the curious tale of the Lego lost at sea

I’d wager that every one of us has beachcombed at some point in our lives. Collecting intriguing, eye-catching, and occasionally useful objects from the foreshore of beaches, lakes, and rivers is an instinctual behaviour likely as old as our earliest ancestors. And many people don’t just collect the objects that they find – they curate them too, keeping them around their homes, in some cases in significant volumes. Glance around your own home and see if you can spot sitting on a shelf a mermaid’s purse, a piece of driftwood, or – perhaps – a sea-worn piece of Lego. Tracey Williams’ book is the story of what happens when beachcombing gets serious. It blends archaeology and oc