Tag: Captain Matthew Webb
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Becoming a Channel Swimmer
Karen Throsby is an associate professor in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds. In this video, she talks about her recent (auto)ethnographic research on marathon swimming.
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How Captain Matthew Webb Made Swimming Cool
The 19th-century swimming sensation loved water so much it eventually killed him. But first, 140 years ago today, he swam the English Channel, catapulting himself into fame and his favorite sport into respectability. Read Atlas Obscura via Neatorama