Archive - The Second Swim

Argentina in India

Some reminiscences of dancing tango in Pune

May 3 •

April 2025

Tangled Up in Blue

The sea at Gerroa, Gerringong and Currarong

Apr 26 •

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Online dating in my mid-fifties

Apr 20 •

A Home in the Hills

Highlights of a farm stay in Adelaide

Apr 12 •

The Map Is Not the Territory

Looking for love in Australia’s capital

Apr 6 •

April 2024

Because the Night Belongs to Lovers

Apr 19, 2024 •

March 2024

Hawkesbury River Loving

Give me a boat that will carry two,

Mar 8, 2024 •

November 2023

The Women of 7 October

I can’t stop thinking about them: the women and girls of the Israeli kibbutzim, who were raped on 7 October, less than 8 weeks ago.

Nov 18, 2023 •

September 2023

The Disappearing Act

A Fictional Sketch with Commentary

Sep 26, 2023 •

A Tango-Themed Fiction

Sep 6, 2023 •

August 2023

I’ve always been an extreme physical coward.

Aug 23, 2023 •

July 2023

Why Academics Write So Badly and How That Hurts Them

Jul 26, 2023 •

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