# Swimming and Cake in London, with Susanna Bowers and Stanley Ulijaszek

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Published: 2025-11-26T16:59:09+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stanley-ulijaszek/episodes/Swimming-and-Cake-in-London--with-Susanna-Bowers-and-Stanley-Ulijaszek-e3bgmtr
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In this episode of Swimmingpod, Stanley Ulijaszek is with cake and pastry specialist Susanna Bowers, swimming at the London Fields and Brockwell Lidos , and eating cake and pastries at Pophams Bakery, Maya’s Bakehouse, and the lido cafe at Brockwell. In doing so, they explore the intimate connection between swimming and cake in London, a city of lidos and bakeries. They read from the Lido Guide, by Janet Wilkinson and Emma Pusill, and from Libby Page's novel The Lido, set in Brixton and Brockwell Lido. There is a literarytheme too – with Tolkein and Lord of the Rings, and Lewis Carroll and Alice inWonderland.

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