Saving the seine

We’re a nation of water babies, with the trend for wild swimming showing no sign of waning. But what are we swimming in? Untreated raw sewage pollutes our blue spaces, as best investigates…

The seaside lido offered safe swimming for holidaymakers irrespective of the vagaries of the tide. Kathryn Ferry looks at the architecture of these remarkable creations

Eben Muse is the British Mountaineering Council’s policy and campaigns officer and an ambassador for the Campaign for National Parks. Fresh from a mass swim trespass at Kinder Reservoir, he argues that the nation’s reservoirs should be open for public enjoyment

NO LONGER JUST SIMPLE BLUE RECTANGLES GLISTENING IN THE SUN, POOLS ARE TAKING ON DIFFERENT FORMS AND COLOURS – DIVE RIGHT IN TO SEE WHAT THE BEST DESIGNS DELIVER

1163 NOTRE-DAME CONSTRUCTION Work begins on building ...

Protecting the Tour’s 3,500km route from sabotage is almost impossible, and history reminds us of the race’s vulnerability. Patrick Fletcher looks back on an extraordinary day from 1982