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Radio 4,10 Jan 2023,28 mins

Roger Deakin, wild swimmer and author of Waterlogged

Great Lives

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Matthew Parris travels along the Thames to meet Nick Hayes - illustrator and author of The Book of Trespass - to discuss the life of Roger Deakin. They also enjoy a naked swim. Joining them, in his pants, is Patrick Barkham. His new biography of Roger Deakin is published this year. The producer in Bristol is Miles Warde.

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