One of the original mermaid sculptures. “A mermaid is a mermaid and it’s always going to represent the female form and honouring the mermaid sculptures was the central part of the brief,” he ...

A Scots woman says she decided to become a 'real' mermaid after being inspired by her favourite childhood TV programme - and has since spent £1,500 on fins and tails. Kate Macleod, 28 ...

Mermaiding is essentially freediving while wearing gear in the form of a mermaid tail ... to learn about handling oxygen pressure and more. Real mermaiding requires a lot of freediving skills ...