Attention all wannabe sea creatures: you can buy a mermaid tail on the internet now, and it's nothing like the little kid costumes you're picturing in your head. No, no, these babies are authentic.

There can’t be a kid in the western world who hasn’t at some point or other dreamt of being a mermaid. Ariel et al made it look so effortless, so chic. In fact, she went quite significantly downhill ...

Back in the day, I mostly associated swimming pools with playing Marco Polo, doing handstands, and, most importantly, pretending to be a mermaid. Nowadays, I mostly associate them with lap swim, which ...