BBC Radio 4
SU: Wild Swimming
10 January 2010
Presented by Sarah Cuddon
Produced by Alan Hall
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'.
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