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Roger Deakin, wild swimmer and author of Waterlogged

Great Lives

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Patrick Barkham: A Life of Observation

"Anyone can do anything," says the author of his biography, Patrick Barkham. "Roger was of this generation where he did everything." He became an ad man in 1960s London, dropped out and restored his own home. The writer's face comes to mind when you think of 'the green man', writes Simon Hooper.

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