Editor’s note: This article is part of our “Origin Stories” series, focusing on the backstories of athletes and topics around the Summer Olympics. The world has seen two very public sides of Missy ...

To an outsider, swimmers seem to have a strange relationship with their sport. They simultaneously love and hate every aspect of it. They complain to anyone who will listen. But at the same time, they ...

Here's our pick of some of the lido's across the region this bank holiday through to the summer holidays.

It's a quirky question to put to your pool-loving kids as you head to Santa Monica's splashy Annenberg Community Beach House, where a celebrated swimming hole sits just a few steps from the sand. And ...