England is a nation of swimmers: we make around 80 million visits to swimming pools every year. The 1930s were the ‘Golden Age’ of lidos, with over 150 built, and another flurry of swimming pool construction came in the aftermath of the Second World War.Read more

There’s a place that saw the highest jump, fastest run, the first game, the biggest crowd – these ordinary places represent our amazing sporting history.Read more

This month marks 50 years of conservation areas in England, and the biggest birthday party of all is in Stamford, Lincolnshire.Read more

The aftermath of the First World War saw a wave of public commemoration, sometimes in the form of quite unusual war memorials.Read more

To celebrate the 36th year of the Great North Run, we take a look at 8 amazing historic sites along the route.Read more