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Stanley Ulijaszek at the Hampstead Men's Pond Listen to the podcast This podcast is about open water swimming in London – given how urban...

Swimmingpod podcast here There is a strong tradition of outdoor swimming in Oxford, probably many traditions. And many notable people...

This podcast is about swims in the Shire - Tolkien’s Oxfordshire. I have no idea if Tolkien was a swimmer, but there is plenty of...

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...

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

A rising tide lifts all boats (and swimmers). Level water means equal rights. In the case of Ian Thwaites and the charity Level Water,...

Ramin Cyrus has swum a channel relay, the Thames Marathon at Henley and other big swims, all great achievements. Powerful achievements,...

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

Paul Atherton is a filmmaker and Londoner. He produced and directed The Ballet of Change , four short films that were projected onto...

Karen Throsby is a swimmer and a sociologist – Professor in Gender Studies at the University of Leeds. Her intellectual credentials are...

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

Cometh December, cometh the DODO Swim, in Oxford, at Port Meadow. From the Dodo Tree, now reduced to a stump after being struck by...

If you haven’t already swum outdoors in full moonlight, you must. It is one of life’s priceless un-buyable treasures. There are twelve...

It is September, and time to take stock of the summer season of open water swimming. While countless thousands have enjoyed the water...

The Wild Open Swim Blog is the organised work of Kath Fotheringham, Darrin Roles and Fiona Undrill. This now sits under the Swim Oxford...

I am truly humbled by Sophie Etheridge, and will never ever complain again about the aches and pains in my joints. Sophie is an adaptive...

‘I can feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes’ – ‘The water’s all around me, and so the feeling grows…’ Waking up from a dream, me...

Do you swim crawl? Do you swim to music in your head? If so, try swimming to Glenn Miller’s ‘In the Mood’. Not easy – it’s either too...

I saw three swimmers go swimming by On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; I saw three swimmers go swimming by On Christmas Day in the...

I talked with Anette Frisch about life, work, swimming, the future and the past and it became a podcast. We recorded it when the COVID-19...