Kate Rew

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Kate Rew (born 11 September 1970) is a 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 worked as a freelance journalist, writing for The Guardian,[3] The Times, Evening Standard, Grazia, ELLE and The Sunday Times.[4]

Rew founded the Outdoor Swimming Society in 2006. Her book "Wild Swim" became a bestseller. She resultantly featured in several TV and radio documentaries, including an episode of BBC Radio 4 programme Wilderness journeys,[5] The Diving Venus [6] and three episodes of Coast on BBC TV.[7][8] The news and lifestyle periodical Monocle magazine named her as one of its 20 "heroes who deserve a bigger stage worldwide".[9]

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. ↑ http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article4818126.ece
  2. ↑ http://www.porteliotfestival.com/featured/wild-swim-with-kate-rew/
  3. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/video/2009/sep/30/swimming-holidays-water-sports-holidays
  4. ↑ http://www.convilleandwalsh.com/index.php/authors/author/kate-rew/
  5. ↑ BBC Radio 4 (2009) Wilderness. 20 April 2009
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011ckx8
  7. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3553925/
  8. ↑ Coast, Series 4. From Whistable to the Isle of Wight. URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ls7ld/Coast_Series_4_Whitstable_to_Isle_of_Wight/
  9. ↑ http://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/documents/a_20-heroes-2.pdf

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