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Making time: a history of timekeeping
From stopwatches and Channel hardy pocket watches to the Swim-o-Matic, a semi-automatic timer accurate to one-thousandth of a second: Elaine…
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Sarah Thomas: Marathon Swimmer
Marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas reflects on the enormous highs and sinking lows of the past few years.
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Adaptive Swimmer: Sophie Etheridge
“Spring is the time of plans and projects” (Leo Tolstoy). Adaptive Swimmer: Sophie Etheridge on how to plan and train…
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Lido guide: spring arrival
As spring heralds the opening of seasonal lidos, author of The Lido Guide, Emma Pusill, examines the challenges facing small,…
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While you’re at the water: fossil hunting
Beaches, riverbanks and riverbeds can all reveal fossils, which have been buried for millennia. Susanne Masters has your guide to…
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Environmental issue: wet wipes
Imagine swimming past a man-made reef of wet wipes! Misleadingly labelled as ‘flushable’, wet wipes are well known for causing…
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Foraging for swimmers: watercress
Offering a gentle rendition of wasabi’s heat, watercress (Nasturtium officinale) is one of the oldest known leaf vegetables consumed by…
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Songs of the Sea: travelling with grey whales
Doreen Cunningham tells Rowan Clarke how her experience charting grey whales’ migratory journeys became the foundation for a compelling tale…
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Use mindfulness to help you tackle challenges
Liz Lowe is your guide to how you can use mindfulness to help you recognise the transience of uncomfortable sensations.
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Small steps towards a more meaningful life
Do a triathlon to get to the supermarket, and other ways to live a more meaningful life. By Jonathan Cowie.
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Vanishing lakes
The challenge of finding swimmable water is getting harder in some locations, no thanks to climate change and human industry.…
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The Green Hill: Letters to a Son
In 2017, Sophie Pierce’s life changed forever when her 20-year-old son Felix died suddenly and unexpectedly. Thrown into a new…
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Strictly outdoor swimming with Jayde Adams
Comedian, actor and singer Jayde Adams is well known for her antics on television but, like many swimmers, she finds…
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Land’s End to John O’Groats: swimming the full length of Britain
In October 2022, Jasmine Harrison became the first woman to swim the entire length of the UK from Land’s End…
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Para V: a new event for swimmers with disabilities
Rowan Clarke talks to Jonty Warneken about his new challenge aimed at swimmers with disabilities.
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Spring forward, fall back, swim all year
Ella Foote chats to Welsh swimmer Tom Boswell about his ambition to swim 365 days consecutively to raise money for…
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Blind wild swimming: Melanie Barratt’s new passion for the open water
Paralympic champion Melanie Barratt is hoping to become the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel solo. Here…
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Embrace all the challenges
Whether it's a short sprint or a monster challenge, for marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas all swimming challenges are an opportunity…
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H2O to Hollywood: swimmers turned movie stars
Swimmers have lit up the silver screen right from the early days of Hollywood. Michael Renouf shines the spotlight on…
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Paradise in Penzance
Cool harbour dips and geothermal waters: Ella Foote explores this arty Cornish town.
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Research and planning for a swimming challenge
Adaptive swimmer Sophie Etheridge on the importance of doing your research and planning ahead for a swim challenge.
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Water wildlife: Native Oyster
A feast for the Romans and a Victorian staple, the once humble oyster (Ostrea edulis) has had a long and…
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“I survived a swan attack”
During their swim down the length of the River Thames, Henley Mermaids Laura Reineke, Joan Fennelly and Susan Barry fended…
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Take a seaweed bath
While you’re down by the water, why not gather ingredients for a restorative seaweed bath?
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Water wildlife: thick-lipped grey mullet
What’s that flash of silver-grey in the water? Susanne Masters has your guide to the thick-lipped grey mullet (chelon labrosus),…
