But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.
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You absorb 2,000 years of history just by being near the Thames.
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.
The Thames is liquid history.
I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph.
Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British citizen is reminded that belonging here has never been about blood or genes. It's simply about being at home on this discrete island and being aware of the privileges and responsibilities that brings.
People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
We should be pushing our boundaries. After all, we Britons are explorers and adventurers.
I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.
Despite their lack of visual impact, headline sex-appeal, and their 'out of sight, out of mind' nature, we should all care about aquatic dead zones because we are all connected to their causes and we all feel their impacts.
The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who breathes it.
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