
Publications


UK & International Journalism Publications
Hooper, B. (August 2025) AI can’t swim — but it might save those who do. Available at: https://the-european.eu/story-52092/ai-cant-swim-but-it-might-save-those-who-do.html
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Hooper, B. (August 2025) Diving in to… Haute-Savoie, France. Available at: https://the-european.eu/story-51653/diving-into-haute-savoie-france.html
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Hooper, B. (August 2025) Diving in to… Haute-Savoie, France. Available at: https://the-european.eu/story-51653/diving-into-haute-savoie-france.html
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Hooper, B. (August 2025) Diving in to… The West Country. Available at: https://the-european.eu/story-50083/diving-intothe-west-country.html
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Hooper, B. (August 2025) Diving in to… The Isle of Wight. The European [print] Travel and Lifestyle.
Hooper, B. (July 2025) Diving in to… The Isle of Wight. Available at: https://www.nationalworld.com/news/opinion/diving-in-to-the-isle-of-wight-5202760
Hooper, B. (July 2025) Diving in to… The Isle of Wight. Available at: https://the-european.eu/story-48138/diving-in-to-the-isle-of-wight.html
Hooper, B. (June 2025) The hidden cost of wild swimming: how our cold water craze is harming the planet. Available at: https://www.nationalworld.com/news/opinion/the-hidden-cost-of-wild-swimming-how-our-cold-water-craze-is-harming-the-planet-5163752#:~:text=Cold%20water%20immersion%20in%20the,environmental%20physiology%2C%20told%20me%20yesterday.
Hooper, B. (June 2025) The hidden cost of wild swimming: how our cold water craze is harming the planet. Available at: https://the-european.eu/story-46615/the-hidden-cost-of-wild-swimming-how-our-cold-water-craze-is-harming-the-planet.html
Hooper, B. (May 2025) The Cold Truth of Why cold water swimming is riskier than you think: An interview with Professor Mike Tipton. Available at: https://the-european.eu/story-46279/the-cold-truth-why-wild-swimming-is-riskier-than-you-think.html
Hooper, B. & Harvison, A. (May 2025) Five cold water dips could slash drowning risk. Available at: https://www.nationalworld.com/your-world/five-cold-water-dips-could-slash-drowning-risk-5150527
Hooper, B. (May 2025) Will the Great Icelandic Swim break Ross Edgley? Available at: https://the-european.eu/story-45803/will-the-great-icelandic-swim-break-ross-edgley.html
Hooper, B. (March 2025) Diving in to … Berlin. The European [Online]. Available at: https://the-european.eu/story-43989/diving-in-toberlin.html



Stage Publications
​McVitie, B. (2026) Two Chairs -
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The Coach House Theatre - Aug 11th 2026 1430hrs & 1930hrs
The Courtyard Theatre. Hereford - Sept 4th 2026: 1930hrs
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In the cold stillness of a psychiatric clinic, two men sit across from one another. One appears to hold authority, guiding the conversation with measured precision. The other sits quietly, offering little, yet seeming to understand far more than he should. As the exchange unfolds, the balance between them begins to shift, and the room itself feels less certain.
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A young girl named Lucy Parker lingers at the edges of their conversation, her presence felt long before her story is understood. Memories fracture, truths slip, and each question opens the door to something darker. What begins as a clinical assessment becomes an unsettling struggle over power, identity, and the stories we tell to survive.
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Two Chairs is a tense psychological thriller that draws its audience into a world of unease and ambiguity, where nothing is quite what it seems, and the most devastating truth waits in the silence.
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McVitie, B. (Jul 2025) Forget Me Not – Street Performance for Feral Productions.
McVitie, B. (Dec 2024) The 11th Hour – Act One performed at The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford for Feral Productions.
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NHS & Other Publications
Barnardos. (2019). Boys 2 Project: development of tools and resources to better identify and engage ‘young males’ at risk of cse/csa. Barnardos Cymru & Home Office, UK.
Pye, M., Kleve, L. & Hooper, B. (2011). Evaluation of the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) Programme. NHS CaMHS Child Specialist Services in Association with North Somerset NHS, Weston Area Health Trust and Avon Wiltshire Partnership NHS.