Kate Rew

Kate Rew (born 11 September 1970) is an English journalist and author who founded the Outdoor Swimming Society. Rew lives in Frome, Somerset.

Early life

Rew grew up on her family's dairy farm in Devon, where she developed her love of wild swimming in the River Culm.[1] She attended the University of Oxford.[2]

Career

Rew is known for promoting wild swimming and nude swimming.[3][4]

Rew worked as a freelance journalist, writing for The Guardian,[5] The Times, Evening Standard, Grazia, ELLE and The Sunday Times.[6]

Rew founded the Outdoor Swimming Society in 2006. Her book "Wild Swim" became a bestseller. She has featured in several TV and radio documentaries, including an episode of BBC Radio 4 programme Wilderness journeys,[7] The Diving Venu[8] and three episodes of Coast on BBC TV.[9] The news and lifestyle periodical Monocle magazine named her as one of its 20 "heroes who deserve a bigger stage worldwide".[10]

Books

  • Rew, K. (2008). Wild Swim: River, Lake, Lido and Sea: The Best Places to Swim Outdoors in Britain. Guardian Books, London. ISBN 978-0-85265-093-6.

References

  1. ↑ Danziger, Danny; Critchley, Emma (28 September 2008). "Best of Times, Worst of Times: Kate Rew, outdoor swimmer -". Times Online. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  3. ↑ Rew, Kate (16 June 2008). "10 top places to skinny dip". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Wild swimming - pants off, trousers down". The Field. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  5. ↑ Tait, Michael (30 September 2009). "Wild Swim: The Thames, Oxfordshire". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  6. ↑ "Kate Rew". Conville & Walsh Literary Agency. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  7. ↑ BBC Radio 4 (2009) Wilderness. 20 April 2009
  8. ↑ "The Diving Venus - BBC Radio 4". BBC. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  9. ↑ Coast, Series 4. From Whistable to the Isle of Wight.
  10. ↑ "Gallery" (PDF). Monocle. December 2009. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
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