Travis Elborough

The story of Sealand – a most improbable sovereign state

Dylan Taylor-Lehman sees the rusting North Sea platform as a proud principality rather than a base for shady offshore business

Anyone’s ideal wedding venue? At least one soldier preferred to jump to his death in the North Sea than stay another moment on Roughs Tower. Alamy 
issue 05 September 2020
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  • Sealand: The True Story of the World’s Most Stubborn Micronation

    Dylan Taylor-Lehman

    Icon Books, pp. 320, £16

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