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Top 10 books about swimming

From Lynne Coxs feats of endurance to John Cheevers complacent suburbanites, these titles all explore a kind of life not found on dry land When I began writing The Last Wave, I didnt set out to create a character who would swim the Channel. In fact, it just seemed natural to me that the wife

Utrecht restores historic canal made into motorway in 1970s | Netherlands

Swimmers and pleasure boats gather as Dutch city celebrates reopening of Catharijnesingel It is being viewed as the correction of a historic mistake. More than 40 years after parts of the canal that encircled Utrechts old town were concreted over to accommodate a 12-lane motorway, the Dutch city is celebrating the restoration of its 900-year-old

Decades of Decadence review: Marco Rubio joins publishings motley Republican crew

The Florida senator was the future once. Now, he struggles to muster the shamelessness or swagger of a Hawley or a Cotton Marco Rubio should have picked a better title. With his new book, the three-term senator echoes a 1991 double-platinum album by none other than Mtley Cre: Decade of Decadence. The vice-chair of the

German police union boss calls for crackdown on growing climate protests | Germany

Union leader wants more preventive detention of activists across country to stop disruption Police representatives, members of the judiciary and politicians in Germany are calling for harsher penalties for climate activists, including preventive detention and longer prison terms, in an effort to halt their disruptive protests.

I struggle to make and keep friends. What am I doing wrong?

Your childhood neglect is at the heart of this, says Annalisa Barbieri. Try to give that little girl in you what she needs now, rather than hoping your friends will I have a wonderful husband, happy children, good health and a close relationship with my family. But Ive always struggled with friendship.