Waterlog on the airwaves
We recently received the following email correspondence from treasured contributor Sue Brooks, and thought it too evocative and beautifully written...
15th August 2021
Tagged as: Roger Deakin
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A series of swimming dreams
Plans scuppered by pandemic, seasoned outdoor swimmer Joe Minihane takes a dip in the tarns, rivers and moats of his...19th May 2020
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Floating: Swimming Stories
Joe Minihane, author of 'Floating: A Return to Waterlog', introduces a new swimming-centric podcast. The same stretch of beach. The...25th June 2019
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Waterlog at 20
This evening, BBC Radio 3 will commemorate 20 years since the publication of Roger Deakin's seminal Waterlog - an account...12th May 2019
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Shadows & Reflections: Joe Minihane
Shadows and Reflections: the annual collection of postings in which our contributors and friends look back on the events that’ve...13th December 2018
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Back in the Wissey
Wild swimmer Joe Minihane makes the pilgrimage back to a river close to his heart. I have been here before....24th May 2018
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The Pull of the River
Nick Fallowfield-Cooper reviews Matt Gaw's The Pull of the River, our Book of the Month for April. The Pull of...9th April 2018
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Floating: Swimming Cowside Beck
Joe Minihane’s Floating: a life regained - 3 copies of which are up for grabs on tomorrow's newsletter - sees...17th August 2017
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Roger Deakin on Swimming
Vintage's upcoming 'Minis' series is a new range of short books celebrating the publisher's extensive backlist. It sees twenty of...4th June 2017
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Roger Deakin: Exploring the Archive
Roger Deakin continues to be a fascinating man and someone we hold close to our hearts here at Caught by...17th May 2017
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Floating: A Life Regained
Joe Minhane's Floating: A Life Regained is out now in hardback via Duckworth Overlook, and is available here. Fellow wild...20th April 2017
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Floating: an extract
In his upcoming book Floating: a life regained, Joe Minihane pays homage to Roger Deakin by reenacting his wild swimming...1st April 2017
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Event: Roger Deakin: Exploring the Archive
Dear Caught by the River, I would like to bring to your attention an event taking place at the end...14th March 2017
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Remembering Roger Deakin
Back in September, we posted a series of tributes to the late, great writer and environmentalist Roger Deakin, marking ten...16th February 2017
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Antidotes
A roundup of tasty morsels we've found floating around the internet Skipping in Scarborough, North Yorkshire (1974), by Homer Sykes...11th February 2017
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The Roger Deakin archive
Part of our continuing tribute to Roger Deakin Words: Dan Richards The Roger Deakin Archive is held at the University...8th October 2016
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There is much in my life I can thank Roger Deakin for
Part of our continuing tribute to Roger Deakin There is much in my life I can thank Roger Deakin for....17th September 2016
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Growing up in Mellis
Part of our continuing tribute to Roger Deakin I grew up in Mellis where my family had farmed since the...13th September 2016