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Once a quiet fishing village west of Lisbon, Cascais became an unlikely hive of activity during the Second World War, attracting regal refugees and intelligence operatives in equal measure. Russell Higham investigates its enduring glamour–and its connection to Casino Royale

Course designer Tom Doak reflects on the 12 months he spent travelling around the links of Britain and Ireland in 1982 – a journey of discovery that shaped the philosophy of the man who has 10 courses in our World Top 100

In the early 1890s a young Victor Goddet was working at the Vélodrome de l’Est, Paris. Every day a twenty-something rider arrived and every day Goddet studiously checked his pass. One day the rider qu

It’s match point to Britain’s Roger Taylor in the Wimbledon quarter-final of 1973. He is playing the precocious 17-year-old Swede, Björn Borg. Taylor had been five games to one up in the final set but

A celebration of the intricacies, joys and vagaries of the seaside game by tourplayer-turned-architect Mike Clayton