Simon Hattenstone
Simon Hattenstone is a features writer for the Guardian
July 2024
How we survive‘We pledged not to eat each other’: the family that was shipwrecked for 38 daysIn 1972, while travelling the world, the Robertsons’ boat was attacked by whales. They found themselves adrift for weeks on a tiny raft, forced to drink turtle blood, kill sharks and use enemas to stay hydrated, while fighting for their lives
Fascinating OlympiansBullied, belittled but indisputably brilliant: how Victoria Pendleton survived everything – and became a cycling legendShe’s one of Britain’s greatest ever athletes – yet has often felt like a failure and fraud. She talks about her Olympic golds, the misery that came with them, and the joy she has found since she retired
June 2024
Fascinating Olympians‘The man who used to be James Cracknell’: the Olympic rower on catastrophe, comas and comebacksWith two Olympic golds under his belt, Cracknell was building a second career as an endurance athlete when disaster struck. He discusses relentlessness, running for the Tories – and his disgust at Partygate
