Downstream

Matthew took his first
planned swim in the Thames,
although it was something
he’d been mulling over for
fifteen years. His decision
was inspired by the part of
London in which he lives, on
Narrow Street in the East
End. ‘I look across to the
Globe Stairs,’ he explains,
‘and I wanted to swim across
the river. People didn’t
believe me, I was always
boasting about doing it. They