Peter Duck, once owned by Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome (and now owned by another well-known writer, book reviewer and publisher Julia Jones) was spotted last week moored on the River Deben at Woodbridge by James Mitchell…
Swallow from the original Swallows and Amazons film visited the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow at Windermere Jetty on Tuesday. Rob Boden took her along while filming was taking place, and enjoyed answering questions from art expert Rupert Maas about how she was acquired at auction in 2010 (with some assistance from the Nancy Blackett Trust) and […]
The Nancy Blackett stall proved to be popular with visitors at Robertsons Boatyard in Woodbridge on their Open Day last Sunday. Robertsons also kindly provided a collections box for donations, as well as some excellent refreshments, while the September sun encouraged visitors to support the Trust with stall and raffle purchases. If you were unable to […]
Come and meet the Nancy Blackett Trust at Robertsons Boatyard, Woodbridge – Nancy Blackett’s winter home – during their Open Day this Sunday, 20th September. Anyone interested is welcome to come along, and while Nancy Blackett herself won’t be there, members of the Trust will be manning an information and sales stand. They will also […]
Sophie Neville has released a collection of women’s clothing, featuring her hand-painted maps of locations featured in her book on The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974). Available from her Redbubble shop, the collection, which is perfect for birthday gifts, can be seen here. You can also preview some of the designs below… Derwentwater map A-line dress […]
From the makers of Walton’s Secret Water, this new film, A Journey Through Constable Country, takes the viewer on an exploration of the countryside around the Stour and Orwell that inspired John Constable, one of East Anglia’s greatest painters, visiting the landscapes, towns and villages that he loved around the Stour and Orwell estuaries and further […]
An exhibition celebrating the Armenian connections of Swallows and Amazons has opened in the Newbiggin Maritime Centre, Northumberland. Swallows and Armenians has arrived at beautiful Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland! #swallows #Aleppo #LakeDistrict #arthurransome #swallowsforever #tittyforever #displacement #migration pic.twitter.com/6cOsKCsPHe — Swallows and Armenians (@babayancumbria) September 1, 2020 Swallows and Armenians is a passionate and personal project by artist […]
If you know an Arthur Ransome enthusiast who has a birthday coming up, Sophie Neville has put together a collection of useful clothing for men and women, featuring her hand-painted maps of locations featured in her book on The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974). Her Redbubble shop has an assortment of T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, pullovers […]
Swallows & Amazons (1974) starring Virginia McKenna is to be broadcast on BBC 2 at 12.20 on Sunday 30th August 2020, recalling the adventures of the Walker and Blackett families on a “Lake in the North” in August 1929 before the school term began, writes Sophie Neville. Hailed as “the feel-good film of Lockdown”, it […]
Last Friday, Nancy Blackett Trust members Keith and Lindsay were able to visit Nancy Blackett at her Woolverstone Marina berth, and have kindly supplied their photos of the day below…
The original film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” returns to the BBC this Sunday 30th August . The 1974 film will be available to watch here on iPlayer for 30 days, following a repeat broadcast on BBC2 at 12:20pm. The behind-the-scenes story of the film is told in the book “The Making of […]
Those kids are back – all of them plus two new Maori friends – for a new environmentally-aware and Ransome-inspired adventure that starts when they discover a wounded seal. In Those Seal Rock Kids, his fifth book in this Ransome-influenced series, Jon Tucker deftly marshals the original kids – Jess, Jake and Fin, plus friends […]
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