Nancy Blackett, once owned by Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome (and the star of We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea), is now owned by the Nancy Blackett Trust. My Classic Boat travelled to …
A radio-controlled model of Nancy Blackett has now been completed thanks to four years’ work by modelmaker Pete Shires. The approximately 1/8th scale miniature masterpiece has a 3-channel radio control for the mainsail, rudder, and …
Nancy Blackett Trust President Peter Willis has been interviewed by Dan Houston of Classic Sailor about his lifelong passion for the children’s author Arthur Ransome and his 1931 Hillyard cutter Nancy Blackett. In the 22-minute video …
Sophie Neville explores the connections between three different Puffin paperback editions of Swallows and Amazons and the original film… The school term is over, Swallows and Amazons is on BBC iPlayer and Christmas missives are arriving …
A Christmas message from the Nancy Blackett Trust… We wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our supporters, members, friends and followers. Thank you for your ongoing support and have …
The 1974 movie Swallows and Amazons is to be screened on BBC TV for the third time this year, writes Sophie Neville. It will be available online on the BBC iPlayer for until 27th January …
As the Christmas shopping countdown continues there’s just still enough time for you to grab our fantastic range of Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop – and you will be supporting a good cause …
Peter Willis, founder and President of the Nancy Blackett Trust, has received one of the RYA’s most prestigious awards in recognition of his services to sailing. His Lifetime Commitment Award was presented to him by …
Sophie Neville looks through this year’s Swallows and Amazons themed Christmas gifts and lists her favourites below… Everyone uses mugs – if only to store pens and pencils. These new bone china cups depicting Ransome’s …
It’s time for last orders for your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop! Choose from our fabulous range of “Swallows and Amazons” and Nancy Blackett gifts, knowing that your purchases will go to a very …
Stock up on your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop and you will help Nancy Blackett keep sailing. Whether you want to give a “Swallows and Amazons” present to a special someone or introduce …
The Walton Backwaters are still remote and rather mysterious, very much as they were when Arthur Ransome chose them for the setting of “Secret Water”, published 80 years ago this year, but their secrets are …
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