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New podcast uploaded

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:06:36 GMT

"Suffering for fun?" - a new podcast from a paper for the School of Sociology and Social Policy seminar series on 12 March, 2014.

New podcast uploaded

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:13:41 GMT

The is the podcast from a talk I gave at Durham University on 9 May, 2013, on marathon swimming community debates about what 'counts' as an authentic swim.

New journal article out today

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:33:14 GMT

New journal article out in a Feminist Review special issue on the theme of Water - Feminist Review, 103: 5-22.

Evaluation questionnaire launched

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:15:12 GMT

A brief evaluation questionnaire has been launched today for the project, with particular focus on the website and the magazine.

Becoming a Channel Swimmer magazine - hard copies now available

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:08:20 GMT

The research summary magazine, Becoming a Channel Swimmer, is now available in splendid, hot-off-the-press hard copies. E-mail me to get your copy now!

Endurance Sport seminar videos posted

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:11:16 GMT

The videos of the talks from the Endurance Sport seminar on Sept 11th have now been posted online. I have also posted the work of Drawnalist, Matt Buck, who documented the day's events in a series of fantastic drawings.

Swimming research featured in the Guardian

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:13:37 GMT

Following a talk at the Wellcome Collection event, Human Limits, the swimming project has been featured in today's Guardian.

Project magazine published

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:00:24 GMT

A project magazine summarising the key findings of the research is available for free download from the "publications" section of the website.

Endurance Sport seminar announced

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:19:18 GMT

Endurance sport webpage launched.

You can't be too vain to gain...

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:43:42 GMT

New podcast and written text added to the 'Presentations' section of the website.