Radio 4 programme on the Hellespont swim
May 10th, 2010

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Byron’s crossing, Radio 4 broadcast a special programme to commemorate the feat.

It features interviews with previous swimmers, Byron scholars and reviews his poetry and his love of swimming.

Click here for the full programme….




  • September 14th, 2010
  • ‘The Australian’ reports on Hellespont
  • On September 4th, 2010 ‘The Australian printed a great write up of our August Hellespont swim after one of their journalists, Andrew Fraser took part in the swim.