2010
Tipped for success
OSS founder Kate Rew was named among Monocle magazine's 20 worldwide heroes: people who the culture and global affairs magazine believe deserve a bigger stage in 2010.
Expert training advice
Kate asked top swimmers for their training tips in the March issue of 220 Triathlon.
Nairn's Big Dunk
Plucky Scottish lasses go Forth with icy dip Daily Mail, 22.3.10
2009
Time to make a splash Guardian, 14.11.09
Kate Rew highlights the confusion over where we have the right to swim.
Take to the wilds Daily Telegraph, 26.8.09
Kate swims with a family in the Lake District.
Film: Wild swim in the Thames Guardian, 30.0.09
Reviving the lost tradition of bathing in the Thames.
2008
December dip Evening Standard, Dec 08
Top festive escapes (1, 2) Red Magazine, Dec 08
Getting the flavour of...Wild swimming
The Week, July 08
10 best swim venues 220 Triathlon, July 08
Local dives (1, 2) Time Out, June 08
A dip in cold water can be a real ice breaker
The Times, Feb 08
The open air swimmer Health and fitness magazine
Gone surfing! Easy living magazine
2007
The Great Outdoors G2 cover, Aug 07
Different strokes Independent, Aug 07
The ultimate swim Observer Magazine, Feb 07
My day on a plate Stella Magazine
OTHER COVERAGE
The OSS hot tub hit the headlines for its welcome appearance at the Cold Water Swimming Championships. thelondonpaper, 25.01.09.
LISTEN to the verbal splish splosh of OSS on Woman's Hour. Listen in.
BBC breakfast - watch swimmers call for law change.
READ about other people's swimming adventures in the press:
- Yorkshire swim safari (Yorkshire)
- 'I can't believe there's all this water on my doorstep' (search for 'Burgh Island', takes a little time to load)
- Top 10 places to skinny dip (various)
- Come on in, the waters lovely (various)
- The ultimate swim (Lake District)
- A bigger splash (more of a call to arms)
- Just dive in and go with the flow (the Thames)
- Sea change: tidal pools
- Lidos back with a splash: various, a story of hope!
See OSS on BBC: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NVx5-X9qfZs
December 2006
Radio 4. In Dec 2006 Kate Rew was the ‘Guerilla Reporter’ on Saturday Live. Click here to listen.
November 2006.
London Tonight. Click here to view.
4th September 2006
BBC Sport, 'Where I live: Cumbria'. Click here to read.