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Roger Deakin, wild swimmer and author of Waterlogged

Great Lives

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The Right to Roam

Roger would definitely be at the heart of this campaign where he arrived today. He was an English gentleman anarchist, firm in his belief that the powerful had to be kicked against. I think Roger is here forever, definitely, and I'm so excited for Patrick's biography. The danger is that we idealise a very real human being for our own purposes but not actually recognise that these wonderful works came from just a regular normal human being.

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