Alderney Breakwater is a crumbling jetty in the Channel Islands that protects a way of life. Much may have changed since 1847, but the Atlantic Ocean has not. Yet the funding of this breakwater – like the funding of much on Alderney – is a continual bone of contention between the island’s own administration and that of the wider Bailiwick. Pouring stone into the sea means pouring money in too.

What would life be like without the breakwater?