Kate Rew
(Anna) Kate Rew[1] (born 11 September 1970) is an English journalist and author who founded the Outdoor Swimming Society. Rew lives in Frome, Somerset.[2]
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.[3] She attended the University of Oxford.[4]
Career
Rew is known for promoting wild swimming and nude swimming.[5][6]
Rew worked as a freelance journalist, writing for The Guardian,[7] The Times, Evening Standard, Grazia, ELLE and The Sunday Times.[8]
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,[9] The Diving Venu[10] and three episodes of Coast on BBC TV.[11] The news and lifestyle periodical Monocle magazine named her as one of its 20 "heroes who deserve a bigger stage worldwide".[12]
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
- ^ "Anna Kate REW - Personal Appointments (Free information from Companies House)".
- ^ Howell, Madeleine (17 May 2019). "Forget the cold water warnings: Wild swimming is a tonic for body and mind". The Telegraph.
- ^ Danziger, Danny; Critchley, Emma (28 September 2008). "Best of Times, Worst of Times: Kate Rew, outdoor swimmer -". Times Online. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Wild Swim with Kate Rew | Port Eliot Festival". Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Rew, Kate (16 June 2008). "10 top places to skinny dip". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Wild swimming - pants off, trousers down". The Field. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ Tait, Michael (30 September 2009). "Wild Swim: The Thames, Oxfordshire". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Kate Rew". Conville & Walsh Literary Agency. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ BBC Radio 4 (2009) Wilderness. 20 April 2009
- ^ "The Diving Venus - BBC Radio 4". BBC. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ Coast, Series 4. From Whistable to the Isle of Wight.
- ^ "Gallery" (PDF). Monocle. December 2009. Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2016.