Swim & Sun: A Monocle Guide Robert Frank There’s a dirty joke shared

There’s a dirty joke shared at a book signing

An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland

at the limit of earshot

Man Ray’s subjects included cultural luminaries such as Berenice Abbott

and symbols that have been associated with death throughout time

Swim & Sun: A Monocle Guide Robert Frank There’s a dirty joke sharedThe Monocle team dips its toe into the world of swimming, revealing 100 beautiful and inspiring places to take the plunge. Swimming is excellent exercise of course, but its so much more than that: it can be a transcendental experience, offering us space to reflect and to escape. Its an antidote to screens and all encompassing technology. Perhaps its the shedding of inhibitions that come with a dip, or could it be that getting somewhere under our own