Downstream

herself into the Isis. Why, she
asks, hasn’t anyone written
about this before?
‘I live in Wolvercote and
last year I was crossing Port
Meadow when I saw some
young people, in their early
teens, jumping off the bridge
by the marina. It was a jolly
hot day and I didn’t tell them
off but I was quite concerned.
I asked what they’d do if
something went wrong and
they said, “we do it all the