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Listen to Peter Willis’ Interview on BBC Radio Suffolk

11th October 201710th October 2017

The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Chairman Peter Willis was interviewed by afternoon presenter Lesley Dolphin on BBC Radio Suffolk on October 9th. Topics covered included the upcoming 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go …

Photos and Recap – Week 1 of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch Adventure

31st October 20209th October 2017

This summer Nancy Blackett went on an epic eight-week sailing adventure in Holland, following her commemorative departure in a 40-boat flotilla from the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. We reported the news of her first week’s …

Nancy Backett in Classic Sailor Magazine and on BBC Radio Suffolk

7th October 20176th October 2017

The new October/November 2017 issue of Classic Sailor magazine includes a six-page feature article about Nancy Blackett’s summer trip to the Netherlands. Classic Sailor is available in the shops from today (October 6th). And for …

I Did Mean to Go to Sea: Sailing Nancy Blackett in Holland – Part 2

5th October 201724th September 2017

Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society and “Titty Walker” in the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, spent a week sailing Nancy Blackett in Dutch waters earlier this summer. Here’s the second half of …

I Did Mean to Go to Sea: Sailing Nancy Blackett in Holland – Part 1

24th September 2017

Arthur Ransome: an East Coast Celebration

22nd September 202120th September 2017

The Selina King exhibition at Anthony Cullen’s Pin Mill Studio was featured in the June edition of “Essential Suffolk”. The feature article, “Arthur Ransome: an East Coast Celebration”, was written by Anne Gould and tells the …

Nancy Blackett featured in “Discover Greater Anglia”: Arthur’s Anglia

22nd September 202118th September 2017

Nancy Blackett is featured in the Autumn edition of “Discover Greater Anglia”, the quarterly free magazine available from Greater Anglia trains. The feature article, “Arthur’s Anglia”, was written by Christina Hardyment and explores Arthur Ransome’s connections …