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Roger Stuart Deakin (11 February 1943 [1] – 19 August 2006) was an English writer, documentary-maker and environmentalist. He was a co-founder and trustee of Common Ground, the arts, culture and environment organisation. Waterlog, the only book he published in his lifetime, topped the UK best seller charts, and founded the wild swimming movement.
May 27, 2021 · Although Deakin never directly addresses the risk of “swimming while Other”—nor engages with America’s specific history—he does make exceedingly clear that water is inherently political.
Oct 15, 2023 · How Roger Deakin’s love of water inspired me. The great nature writer and outdoor swimmer has been a huge inspiration to many with his focus on ponds, lakes and rivers. I t is strange to come...
May 26, 2021 · Rereading the Classic Waterlog. Via Tin House. By Robert Macfarlane. May 26, 2021. To Roger Deakin, water was a miraculous substance. It was curative and restorative, it was beautiful in its flow, it was a lens through which he often viewed the world, and it was a medium of imagination and reflection. “All water,” he scribbled in a ...
Jan 10, 2023 · Roger Deakin, wild swimmer and author of Waterlogged. Roger Deakin was the author of two books - one of them, Wildwood, was published after his death. But his impact on nature writing and...
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East Anglian environmentalist Roger Deakin unleashed the joy of wild swimming with his Book Waterlog. Now a remarkable biography by Norfolk’s Patrick Barkham plunges into his extraordinary life.
Aug 29, 2006 · Roger Deakin, the writer, environmentalist film-maker and broadcaster who has died aged 63, changed the climate of opinion about access to the countryside, its rivers and waterways, with his...
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