{"product_id":"brave-and-bold-nell-frizzell-9780008797393","title":"Brave and Bold: 100 Years of the Ladies' Pond on Hampstead Heath (in All Weathers)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA hundred years. Thousands of women. One extraordinary pond.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eI have learned about peacocks and terrapins, giant cobras and booming widgeons; I have heard about celebrity spottings and al-fresco lovemaking and digestive biscuits. These things make up the history of the Ladies' Pond, but they also give us an insight into a hundred years of women's lives.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eFrom code breakers to cake bakers, I have learned that there is no such thing as a 'normal woman'; and over the last hundred years the Pond has played host to thousands of remarkable people.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a century, the Ladies' Pond on Hampstead Heath has welcomed women from every walk of life: artists and activists, swimmers and sunbathers, friends and free spirits. As Britain's most famous female open-air swimming spot, a pocket of wildness tucked away in the middle of the city, it has long attracted adventurous swimmers from all over the UK and the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eBrave and Bold\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates one hundred years of this beloved London landmark through the rhythm of a single swimming year, from frozen Januarys to sun-drenched midsummers; through friendships, feminist activism and the exhilaration of open water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreated in collaboration with the Kenwood Ladies' Pond Association and rich with previously unseen archive material and new interviews - from Dolly Alderton and Amy Liptrot to lifelong swimmers of every era - this is far more than the story of one pond. It's a story of community, women and wild water across a century of social and political change, from suffragettes to soap stars, war to liberation, and shared flasks of tea to acts of quiet rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eBrave and Bold \u003c\/em\u003eis both a love letter to Hampstead Heath and to every woman who has ever felt most at home bobbing about in open water.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nell Frizzell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0008797390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008797393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mudlark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Nell Frizzell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48930355609855,"sku":"9780008797393","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brave-and-bold-nell-frizzell-9780008797393","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}