Dave Sewart, one of the founding members of the Arthur Ransome Society (TARS), and one of Arthur Ransome’s Literary Executors, passed away while gardening on May 8th.

As a founding member of TARS, he was very active in setting it up, and particularly in assisting with its publications, either as an editor or [...]

Terry Absalom died on Saturday, 19 August following a long struggle with motor neurone disease.

Terry was one of the founders of the Nancy Blackett Trust. His energy and enthusiasm were instrumental in getting things started, and in looking after Nancy once we had acquired her.

He was one of the original signatories [...]

Helen Tew, vice-president of the Nancy Blackett Trust, and Transatlantic yachtswoman, died on November 9th 2004, aged 92. Helen was best known for her Transatlantic crossing in her boat Mary Helen, in 2000, when she was 89. She lived near Buckler's Hard, and got to know Arthur and Evgenia Ransome in the 1950s [...]