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Good water: Kentish Town Public Baths

I’ve just had the opportunity to visit the Kentish Town Public Baths for the first time since they were refurbished and reopened in 2010, writes Roger Golten. The entrance is a few yards down Talacre Road, off Prince of… read more

April 14, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming 1 Comment »

What is Zen Swimming?

Roger Golten is a Shaw Method teacher and a Hellerwork practitioner. Increasingly, Roger finds the two disciplines influencing each other. So much so that he now refers to the work he does in the pool as “Zen Swimming”. We… read more

February 24, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming 1 Comment »

Roger Golten on … the power of water

If you think about it, all life comes from water. Every living cell has a water content essential to its functioning. Overall, us humans are about 60% water. Even our bones are 50% water. So the human structure could… read more

September 10, 2010 Posted by Jane-Ann Miscellaneous No Comments »

Good water: Marshall Street Baths, London

Recently reopened after 12 years of dereliction and three years of refurbishment, Marshall Street is a jewel of a pool in the heart of London, a short walk from Carnaby Street, writes Roger Golten. Now operated by read more

September 6, 2010 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming, Learn to swim 2 Comments »

Good water: Parliament Hill Lido, London

One of the last Lidos to be completed by the London County Council, at a cost of £34,000 in 1938, Parliament Hill Lido looks like an old East German holiday camp from the outside, writes Roger Golten. Inside, thanks… read more

August 19, 2010 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming, Learn to swim No Comments »