LXVSWIM

Sep 51 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - STANLEY ULIJASZEK, MEMORIES LIKE WATER AND THE FIRST OF 65 SWIMS

Five years ago I undertook 65 swims in different places at the age of 65 years. I have written a book about it, entitled ‘Memories like...

Jul 281 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - HELEN EDWARDS’ RIVER-BASED EXHIBITION IN OXFORD ‘BREATHING OF LIFE’

Helen Edwards is an ecological artist, dancer, and swimmer. I am with her at her solo exhibition at Oxford’s North Wall Arts Centre,...

Jul 231 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - STANLEY’S 70TH BIRTHDAY SWIM PARTY

It’s not clear if life begins at 70, but life does start in water. The bible says three score and ten, 70 years, so from now on, life is...

Jun 301 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - DIVING FREE, DIVING DEEP, WITH SAM MILLWARD

Sam Millward is a scuba and freediving instructor, fascinated by the mental, physical and experiential benefits that all forms of...

Dec 13, 20231 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – WILD SWIMMING AND STUDENT LIFE, WITH VERA PROKOPIEVA AND ANNIE LIDDELL

Vera Prokopieva and Annie Liddle were undergraduate students at the University of Oxford. They both took up wild swimming together while...

Jul 3, 20232 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – GEORGIE MILNER ON SWIMMING AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION

Access is an important issue everywhere. People of all creeds and backgrounds swim. A few months before recording this podcast I was in...

Mar 10, 20232 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – THE SERPENTINE SWIMMING CLUB AND THE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON SWIMMING HALL OF FAME

In May 2022, the Serpentine Swimming Club was inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame – IMSHOF in short. This is a...

Jul 13, 20222 min read

SWIMMINGPOD - TESS AND JUDY BIRD, SWIMMING IN CONNECTICUT

Conversations that flow through the water, from mother to daughter and back again, almost dream-like. In this podcast I am in...

Mar 13, 20223 min read

SWIMMINGPOD – TOM ELLIOTT AND RICHARD FLINT AND SWIM-FILM 'AS YOU LAKE IT'

Tom Elliott and Danny Longman swam all the lakes of the Lake District in four days, and Richard Flint filmed them. Sounds simple, but of...