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Swimming
August 2024
How I Learned to Swim review – a dive into the deep waters of Black aquatic history
Lessons at the pool expand to take in slavery’s legacy, Olympic achievement and Afrofuturism in an assured play by Somebody Jones
A new start after 60
A new start after 60: I did my first Ironman at 61 – after my husband bet I couldn’t beat him
Carmen Francesch has always been active, but it was only in 2015 that she started competing. It made her determined to push herself much further ...
The first summer I …
Sea swimming was my saviour. But the dumping of sewage changed everything
Jo Bateman
My daily dips were a game-changer for my mental health. Now I’m suing the water company that’s deprived me of them, says Jo Bateman
July 2024
Brief letters
The glorious range of Australian slang
First Edition newsletter
Wednesday briefing: Where France’s €1.6bn plan to clean up the Seine for the Olympics went wrong
Take the plunge with ‘budgie smugglers’
Brits have never taken to teeny tiny swimming briefs – but with celebrities getting on board, I took the plunge
Rich Pelley
Paris mayor swims in Seine as river is cleaned up just in time for Olympics
With Paris Olympians set to dive into the Seine, could urban swimming come to Melbourne’s Yarra?
59 summer problems solved – from sunburn and sweating to wasps and wedgies
Swanning around the Austrian lakes: a trip to Carinthia
After our first cold water swim our teeth chatter and hands ache – and I imagine the spirit of Mum not far away
Nova Weetman
June 2024
The Guardian picture essay
A New York program is helping Black people of all ages enjoy swimming: ‘It’s very empowering’
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A record 3,000 people join nude Dark Mofo swim for winter solstice – video
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Antarctic researchers mark winter solstice with icy swim - video
‘Push through the painful bit’: record 3,000 people join nude Dark Mofo swim in Derwent
Life saving lessons: multicultural leaders urge education in ‘second language’ of water safety after latest drownings
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: After seven years of hiding my skin, I washed my makeup away in the sea
Shark or man? I am less afraid to swim in the ocean than run in a forest alone
Eleanor Limprecht
‘There’s a lot of bullying’: the shocking life of a teenage elite swimmer
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