The Guardian Saturday Magazine - Lads, longing and Leigh-on-Sea: ‘It’s as if someone flipped a switch marked “summertime”’

One Saturday in July.
Six writers and 6 photographers.
Lots of angry seagulls.
The story of 24 hours in a British summer, from the sandy beaches of
St Ives to a busy morning up Arthur’s Seat and the ebb
and flow of Liverpool airport .
I spent a day photographing the picturesque Leigh on Sea.