Downstream

survivors of the dozens of
clubs that once raced in the
Thames, and still swims there
today.
I’m meeting current
president James Stewart at
the Lansdowne Club in west
London, an ‘exclusive and
traditional’ private members’
club, with a very specific
dress code. ‘Ladies’ dress’
should be of ‘a conventional
nature’ – smart trouser suit,
jacket, skirt or dress, and