Swimming

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• Swimming is the UK’s real national sport

  21 Oct 2014: Letters: The ‘booming national sport narrative’ appears to legitimise spending more money on football than any other sport

• The perfect joy of swimming and running through London

  21 Oct 2014: Inspired by the celebrated short story, The Swimmer is a regular half-marathon sporting event that takes in many of London’s finest parks and open-air pools. Richard Nelsson took the plunge

• On my radar: Laure Prouvost’s cultural highlights

  19 Oct 2014: The acclaimed conceptual artist talks to Leah Harper about Hampstead Ponds, Mexican sculptures and the connection between raspberries and art

• Is there such a thing as an eco-swimming pool?

  Guardian Professional, 19 Sep 2014: With widespread drought, swimming pools are seen as luxury indulgences. But from natural and moss-filtered pools to pool sharing - there are ways to be more sustainable

• Trans Pride Brighton defines key year for emerging community

  8 Sep 2014: Encompassing Europe’s first ever transgender pride march, Trans Pride Brighton focused on celebrating new-found visibility and preparing for challenges ahead

• Could sea-bathing machines return to Margate’s shores?

  5 Sep 2014: Marina O’Loughlin: Mobile saunas showcasing the health-giving properties of the town’s seawater offer a chic update on modesty-preserving Victorian beach huts on wheels

• Why grown-ups can't enjoy summer

  29 Aug 2014: Alex Leo: When I was a kid, summers were a time of wonder. Now we just live through them in daylight-free cubicles

• Chinese facekinis - in pictures

  15 Aug 2014: Swimmers in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao have already made waves on the internet for their bizarre swimming gear: colourful, full-face masks. Dubbed ‘facekini,’ the fabric masks cover a swimmer’s entire head and neck down to the collar bones.

• Wild swimming in the city: come on in, the river's cleaner!

  13 Aug 2014:

  With David Walliams leading the way and plans for a floating lido on the Thames, the desire to plunge into our once dirtier urban waterways has never been greater, reports Oliver Wainwright

• Bath's Georgian swimming pool wins £4.5m towards restoration

  11 Aug 2014: Campaigners have secured funds to conserve Bath's historic Cleveland Pools, which had been neglected for years

• Skinny dipping is not a crime. Dive in

  30 Jul 2014: Daniel Start: Police have threatened two young men with a criminal record. Yet swimming naked is a wonderful thing – you just have to follow the etiquette

• Dazzling swimming pools – the lengths designers go to

  28 Jul 2014:

  Pool design is becoming ever more fanciful. But what really matters about swimming isn't the luxuriousness of the pool, says Jenny Landreth

• Spectacular swimming pools – in pictures

  28 Jul 2014: If it's hot and you fancy a dip, why settle for your local lido?
  

• 10 of the best coastal swimming spots in Devon and Cornwall

  28 Jul 2014: With Devon and Cornwall sea temperatures at a record high, Daniel Start, author of the Wild Guide, chooses 10 of his favourite secluded swimming spots in the area

• Serpentine Swimming Club - in pictures

  22 Jul 2014: Members of the Serpentine Swimming Club gather for a morning swim in Serpentine lake in Hyde Park in London. The majority of the UK is set to continue to experience warm, dry weather for the coming week and into early August. Please note these images were created with an iPhone and processed using digital filters.

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