The Five Unwritten Rules of Communal Bathing

For as long as human beings have walked the face of the earth we’ve had bodies to bathe and dedicated places in which to wash them, and yet for the most part, personal hygiene is an area of everyday life which remains shrouded in mystery – or at the very least, concealed behind translucent glass and plentiful terry-towelling. As such, sites dedicated to communal bathing, be they swimming pools, spas, oceans or lakes, assume a precious significance within society’s delicate…