New Statesman - <![CDATA[Tom de Castella]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/tom_de_castella en <![CDATA[Cold water, hot blood]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/travel/2007/11/cold-water-winter-swimming http://www.newstatesman.com/travel/2007/11/cold-water-winter-swimming Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT Tom de Castella As winter approaches, Tom de Castella finds that open-air swimming is the best way to beat the blues

]]> <![CDATA[Here for the beer]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/travel/2007/09/real-ale-britain-beer-industry http://www.newstatesman.com/travel/2007/09/real-ale-britain-beer-industry Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT Tom de Castella Against all odds, Britain's real-ale industry is thriving. Tom de Castella explores the regional brews on offer

]]> <![CDATA[Liquid pleasure]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/travel/2007/07/open-air-london-lido-pool http://www.newstatesman.com/travel/2007/07/open-air-london-lido-pool Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT Tom de Castella London's open-air pools were once a modernist dream, and are as popular as ever

]]> <![CDATA[Living and breathing]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2007/04/air-walker-atmosphere-ocean http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2007/04/air-walker-atmosphere-ocean Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT Tom de Castella An Ocean of Air: a natural history of the atmosphere Gabrielle Walker Bloomsbury, 321pp, £15.99

]]> <![CDATA[On the edge]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200508290034 http://www.newstatesman.com/200508290034 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT Tom de Castella Liquid Assets: the lidos and open air swimming pools of Britain Janet Smith English Heritage, 188pp, £14.99 ISBN 0954744500

]]> <![CDATA[Deep waters]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200506130046 http://www.newstatesman.com/200506130046 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT Tom de Castella Swimming to Antarctica: tales of a long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 323pp, £18.99 ISBN 0297850679

]]> <![CDATA[Porn again]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200309150039 http://www.newstatesman.com/200309150039 Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:00:00 GMT Tom de Castella Revival - Tom de Castella charts how Swedish film finally cast off Bergman's shadow

]]> <![CDATA[An elite in search of a new people]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200309080009 http://www.newstatesman.com/200309080009 Mon, 08 Sep 2003 12:00:00 GMT Tom de Castella Observations on Sweden and the Euro

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