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Transcendence

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Transcendence. Once I felt it without recognising it. Later I knew it, fleetingly, for what it was. Can I regain it in new ways?

Sharing the Swimming Love

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Back in December I completed a fundraising challenge to swim 350m in cold water, raising just short of £5000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. A lov...

Why I Swim

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I started swimming in the cold water of Vobster Quay in September 2019, about 4 months after my MND diagnosis. With the help of some very special friends I k...

Why We Sleep

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Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

Being Mortal

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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande