‘You’re not going to spend £1 million to overlook a nudist beach’: Portsmouth’s property dilemma

A guard and his Alsatian patrol the former Royal Naval guns, behind the high, rusty barbed wire fence that separates the beach and walkers from the deserted grounds. The warren of Cold War buildings lie gaunt and forgotten, weeds growing tall between the cracks in giant paving stones and piles of rubble; the only splashes … Read more