On one the fastest eroding stretches of coastline in Europe, it’s inevitable that Malcolm Newell’s house will fall victim to erosion. The 74-year-old’s home on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, is now just 20 metres from the crumbling cliff edge which has receded almost 300 metres since he moved there in 2001. His house has plummeted in value in recent years, and it is now essentially worthless due to its impending fate. But despite the looming collapse into the sea, Newell has no intention of moving. “People will not buy my property,” he says. “Maybe someone will chuck £10,000 at it, but it essentially has no value. “I don’t want to move though. I can see the sea, Southend pier and a panoramic view right the way round up to the Essex coast. Most other people live [between] four walls with no view, nothing. This is why I moved here – I breathe in clear air all of the time. “People say ‘oh I wouldn’t move there and be by the edge’, but if the cliff goes, I go with it. This is my property – wherever it goes, I go. If it ends down at the bottom of the...