I have just attempted to swim the Hellespont, that great waterway that connects Europe with Asia - and, for my pains, I not only failed (dismally), but was beaten out of sight by Bo Derek as well as a ...

The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Monday 17 May 2010 "Hero would swim across the Hellespont every night … to see his heart's desire", said ...

Innovation on the tanker front comes from many venues, and one of the latest — the Ecomax tanker design — is offered from the minds and experience of a pair of French companies, classification society ...

You might have thought Lord Byron wasn't really the sporting type. The poet is better known for heavy drinking, sleeping with his half-sister and for his club foot, rather than for any athletic skills ...

I have just attempted to swim the Hellespont, that great waterway that connects Europe with Asia - and, for my pains, I not only failed (dismally), but was beaten out of sight by Bo Derek as well as a ...