The summer holidays are here and no trip to the seaside is complete without building an enormous sandcastle to the envy of other beachgoers.
But as any holidaymaker will know, there’s nothing more frustrating than being halfway through your majestic creation when it collapses in a heap.
Luckily, a British researcher has now offered a few tips to get the ‘perfect sandcastle’ according to science and make it stand proud for hours.
Professor Matthew Bennett, a sedimentologist at Bournemouth University,