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The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin is a biography of the author of the much-loved Waterlog - a wholly original account of how he swam across Britain, via lakes, ponds, canals and more.
Barkham conjures the life of the wild swimming champion and author of Waterlog in a bravura act of creative memoir
From debut authors to Pulitzer Prize winners, we take a look at the highlights
A tapestry-like life of the influential nature lover
I could have sworn we had stormy seas before Brexit and there weren’t long delays – but maybe I’m imagining things