It feels like playing truant. I’m sitting on the Eurostar at 6.30 on a Friday morning, fleeing the country and escaping the daily grind. The train plunges into the dark of the Channel Tunnel, emerging ...

This bold new design transforms a historic Dutch church into a swimming pool, where you can “walk on water” and lifeguards sit in the former pulpit. “Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a ...