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BBC Radio 4

Something Understood: Wild Swimming

10th January 2010

Presented by Sarah Cuddon

Produced by Alan Hall

Presenter Sarah Cuddon The writer Sarah Cuddon reflects upon what draws people into the open sea and the wild water of rivers. She talks to Kate Rew, founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society, about the real experience and metaphorical significance of wild swimming, with reference to Byron, Mark Twain, Iris Murdoch and other writers ‘hungry for water’.