Digested week: ‘Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … ’ but this time, it’s real | Emma Brockes
Three-part docudrama makes notion of going into the sea in the UK terrifying – much as Jaws did for Americans in 1975Since I was a child I’ve been going to the same beach on the south coast and never given a second thought to its safety. Swimming in the US, you have the occasional panic about...
<p>Three-part docudrama makes notion of going into the sea in the UK terrifying – much as Jaws did for Americans in 1975</p><p>Since I was a child I’ve been going to the same beach on the south coast and never given a second thought to its safety. Swimming in the US, you have the occasional panic about sharks. In South Africa I got stung by a jellyfish. But the English seaside, give or take the odd riptide and the constant threat of hypothermia, has always seemed benign in its outlook, a dull, unthreatening sea.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/27/digested-week-just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-go-back-in-the-water-but-this-time-its-real">Continue reading...</a>
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