My latest guest on Floating: Swimming Stories is Ruth Allen. Ruth is an ecopsychotherapist and author based in Derbyshire. Her work in outdoor therapy has gained a huge following on Instagram (@whitepeak_ruth) and her first book, Grounded, is o

Vicky Allan and Anna Deacon

Oct 29th, 2020 52m 44s

My guests on the latest episode of Floating are Vicky Allan and Anna Deacon. Vicky and Anna are behind the gorgeous Taking The Plunge, a coffee table book of personal stories and beautiful images of swimmers, and a new book, For The Love Of Tre

Nicola Rayner

Sep 30th, 2020 38m

My guest on the latest episode of Floating is Nicola Rayner. Nicola is the author of The Girl Before You and the newly released You And Me. She’s also a keen wild swimmer. We went for a dip in the Thames at Port Meadow in Oxford and discussed w

Amy Liptrot

Jul 17th, 2020 26m 27s

My latest guest on Floating: Swimming Stories is Amy Liptrot. Amy is the author of bestselling memoir The Outrun. A native of Orkney, she now lives in Yorkshire. We caught up in July 2020 to discuss her childhood swimming spots on the wild Atla

Jessica J Lee

Jun 24th, 2020 27m 44s

The latest guest on Floating: Swimming Stories is Jessica J. Lee. Jessica is the author of TURNING and TWO TREES MAKE A FOREST. The former explores her year long quest to swim in a different lake around her adoptive home city of Berlin. Jessica

Molly Naylor

Apr 20th, 2020 43m 17s

My guest this week is poet, screenwriter and theatre maker Molly Naylor. Molly and I caught up over the phone to discuss our shared love of cold water, heads out breast stroke, dealing with anxiety and what swimming looks like during lockdown.

Joe Dunthorne

Jan 23rd, 2020 33m 53s

My guest this week is the author and poet Joe Dunthorne. Joe’s novels include The Adulterants and Wild Abandon, as well as Submarine, which was turned into a critically acclaimed film. Joe is an old friend and helped nudge me into the water in

Rosie Cook

Oct 17th, 2019 32m 42s

This week’s guest is Rosie Cook of swimwear company Deakin and Blue. Rosie started Deakin and Blue after she started swimming and realised there wasn’t a costume that fit her properly, with only sports wear or bikinis for the beach available. S

Tim Clare

Aug 9th, 2019 36m 31s

My guest this week is Tim Clare. Tim is the author of The Honours and The Ice House, as well as We Can’t All Be Astronauts, a work of non fiction about jealousy, mental health and becoming a writer. Tim and I swam at Stiffkey in North Norfolk i

Alexandra Heminsley

Jul 12th, 2019 36m 41s

This week’s guest on Floating is the brilliant Alexandra Heminsley. Alex and I went for a bumpy sea swim by the pier in Brighton and then sat down to chat about learning to love the sea, body image for swimmers, especially women, and how to mak

Ella Foote

Jul 3rd, 2019 41m 48s

This week’s guest on Floating: Swimming Stories is Ella Foote. Ella is more commonly known as @ellachloeswims on Instagram and is an incredible advocate for the healing power of water and swimming, not to mention her work in the areas of body p

Jenny Landreth

Jun 12th, 2019 38m 29s

The first guest on Floating: Swimming Stories is Jenny Landreth. Author of Swell: A Waterbiography, Jenny is a regular at Tooting Bec Lido. After a swift (and breathless, for me at least) six lengths, we sat poolside to discuss the joy of lidos