Reserve your seat now (by e-mail) for the official launch of Peter Willis’ new book about Nancy Blackett in London this Thursday evening (16th November), at 6:30pm, hosted by London’s West End chandlers Arthur Beale. Arthur Ransome’s classic novel “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” (first published 80 years ago this month) was inspired by […]
It’s the last chance for you to enter our competition to win a signed copy of the second edition of “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)” by Sophie Neville – entries close tomorrow (Sunday 12th November)! Personally signed by the author herself, “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)” is the story of Sophie’s (often hilarious) […]
You can be at the official launch of Peter Willis’ new book about Nancy Blackett in London next Thursday evening (16th November), at 6:30pm, with London’s West End chandlers Arthur Beale. At the launch he will be giving a talk based on his new book “Good Little Ship: Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the Goblin”, showing […]
Get back into reading with a little help from Nancy Blackett’s Book Month, celebrating 80 years of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”! We’re encouraging everybody to get reading after the success of last month’s Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, so here are some incentives to get you, your family […]
A tranquil River Orwell flows under brilliant blue skies at Pin Mill on Monday, photographed by Woodfarm Barges.
Enjoy this evening’s sunset from Windermere, as photographed by Lakeland Walks and Talks… This is Not the Caribbean this is Windermere Live ??#LakeDistrict #NotJustLakes pic.twitter.com/cGHSBOy1S1 — LakelandWalks&Talks (@LakesWalksTalks) November 7, 2017
“Secret Water” was looking very inviting yesterday, thanks to the exceptionally high tides and blue sky, says Andrew Polson, who shot this short video from outdoor activity organiser Birch Hall Adventures, at Dale Hill, Kirby-le-Soken.
To celebrate the start of the Nancy Blackett Trust’s Book Month, you should enter our competition to win a signed copy of the second edition of “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)” by Sophie Neville. It’s the story of her (often hilarious) behind-the-scenes memories of the classic 1974 film in which she appeared as a child […]
Welcome to the Nancy Blackett Trust’s Book Month, celebrating 80 years of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, first published in November 1937. Here at the Nancy Blackett Trust, we’re all about sailing and reading – boats and books, and in particular Arthur Ransome’s own Nancy Blackett and the book which features her: “We […]
We’re celebrating the voyages of Nancy Blackett, and the Goblin in “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, with our new North Sea Voyage Commemorative Postcards and Mini-Posters. They commemorate the voyage of the Goblin in “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, first published 80 years ago in November 1937, and celebrate the voyages of the Nancy Blackett, the real-life Goblin, […]
Nancy Blackett had a busy Autumn between her Dutch Adventure over the summer and the 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” in October, writes John Smith… At the end of September, Nancy Blackett had a truncated weekend cruise, with a Saturday sail in a gentle breeze from Woolverstone down […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” took place last Saturday (21st October) at Pin Mill Sailing Club near Ipswich. It also commemorated the 50th anniversary of its author Arthur Ransome’s death, and included a number of celebrities who each read a chapter of the book, […]
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