An Evening with Mark Foster

​Join five-time Olympian, six-time World Champion and eight-time World Record holder over a 23-year professional swimming career, Mark Foster for an evening of stories that span his incredible life and career.

​Afterwards, he'll be signing copies of his brand new book and taking your questions.

​About My Double Life

​The colourful story of one of Britain's best loved sportsmen, and his thirty-year-long coming out journey.

If anyone was going to come out as gay at the height of their sporting career it should have been Mark Foster - a confident, laid-back guy who doesn't care what anyone thinks. So how is it that it took someone like him half a lifetime to come out?

From a Jack-the-lad from Southend being expelled from one of the most prestigious schools in the country to becoming the fastest man through water on the planet and a television favourite, Mark takes readers on a remarkable journey. He shares with us the sometimes serious and sometimes comic tactics that enabled him to live a double life for so long and convince himself he was happy doing so.

But Mark's experience, told with humour and honesty, makes us stop and reassess where we really are in terms of society's approach to homosexuality and diversity in sport.

​About Mark Foster

​Mark Foster is an English former competitive swimmer, broadcaster and public speaker. He is a five-time Olympian, six-time World Champion and eight-time World Record holder over a 23-year professional swimming career. Foster trains and inspires the next generation of competitive swimmers through the Mark Foster Swimming Academy and is also a spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ community, promoting compassion, equality and inclusion.