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Christopher Hope

Christopher Hope

Christopher Hope describes swimming in outdoor pools in Pretoria during his youth.

The Essay · BBC Radio 3

March 9, 201513m 35s

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Show Notes

This week, various authors remember a significant swimming experience:

1. Novelist Christopher Hope describes a Pretoria swimming pool of his youth, where, if things got too much, he'd happily sink to the bottom and stay there a while. Letting things pass over him...

Producer Duncan Minshull.