{"title":"Roger Deakin","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"waterlog","title":"Waterlog","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaterlog\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the magic of water and the beauty of wild Britain\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 1996 Roger Deakin set out to swim the British Isles. He swam in the sea, in rivers, in streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools, fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts, waterfalls, flooded quarries and even canals. This funny, wise, delightful book documents his journey. It inspired a movement, creating wild swimmers out of many readers.Detained by water bailiffs in Winchester, intercepted in the Fowey estuary by coastguards, mistaken for a suicide on Camber sands, confronting the Corryvreckan whirlpool in the Hebrides, Deakin discovered just how much of an outsider the native swimmer is to his landlocked, fully-dressed fellow citizens.\u003ci\u003eWaterlog\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam, and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50424585945419,"sku":"2203356","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9781784700065-jacket-large_0a257f67_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726780339"},{"product_id":"waterlog-a-swimmers-journey-through-britain","title":"Waterlog: A Swimmers Journey Through Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003ethe british isles are blessed with a whole variety of waterways often encompassed within beautiful valleys, rolling hills, green fields and rugged coast lines. the presence of a flowing stream, waterfall or an idyllic pond can enhance a picturesque landscape. while swimming in the moat located in his own back garden, inspired by thoughts of his son's current quest travelling in australia and john cheever's classic short story, the swimmer, roger deakin decided he would undertake his own adventure and swim across britain. the rambling association's right to roam campaign is well publicised in the uk, so should that not include our right to swim in our lakes, dykes, and tarns? deakin was ready to prove it did and planned a trip around britain which would take him to numerous wild swimming venues. waterlog, is deakin's account of his journey. he seeks out tarns high in the hills of north wales, swims with salmon in somerset and eels in the fens. he describes the nature he sees around him from his unusual perspective inches above water level. his love of swimming away from the confines of a swimming pool comes through strongly in his writing. wild swimming is an unusual hobby in modern society as we are constantly told how our rivers and lakes have become polluted by large industries disposing of waste via waterways and chemical fertilisers washing off farmers fields into out rivers. during his visit to a weir on the river avon in worcestershire, deakin's hosts and fellow swimmers show him a letter they have received from the local environment agency outlining the dangers of swimming in the river. the letter describes how sewage can constitute up to 80 percent of the river flow and increase the risk of catching weil's disease. deakin takes in the scientific argument, arguing that the figures show that very few people catch weil's disease in the uk and of those who do, they are invariably not river swimmers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50452240204107,"sku":"342880","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/66bac94e-a9db-48f8-9195-a1457bcb2639_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727145111"},{"product_id":"byways-photographs-by-roger-a-deakins","title":"Byways: Photographs by Roger A Deakins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePortraits and landscapes from the cinematographer famed for his work with Sam Mendes and the Coen brothers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first monograph by the legendary Oscar-winning cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins, best known for his collaborations with directors such as the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve. It includes previously unpublished black-and-white photographs spanning five decades, from 1971 to the present. After graduating from college Deakins spent a year photographing life in rural North Devon, in South West England, on a commission for the Beaford Arts Centre; these images are gathered here for the first time and attest to a keenly ironic English sensibility, also documenting a vanished postwar Britain. A second suite of images expresses Deakins’ love of the seaside. 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