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Nancy Blackett in “Country Life”: We Did Mean to Go to Sea

by Nancy Blackett

You can now read the Nancy Blackett feature article from Country Life magazine (July 12th, 2017) by: clicking on the images below – each one opens in a new tab or window, then click again on that image to view at full size. opening a single PDF of the article via this link. [slb_exclude][/slb_exclude]

The Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree round-up

by Nancy Blackett

Following last weekend’s hugely anticipated and popular Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree, here are some selected comments and photos of the event from the Nancy Blackett Trust’s social media communities. You can also read Sophie Neville’s updated story of the day here. Nancy Blackett and Peter Duck at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club on the Friday: […]

Nancy Blackett featured on BBC Look East

by Nancy Blackett

Nancy Blackett was featured in a television preview of the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree last Friday (12th May) on BBC Look East. The preview also featured short interviews with Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust, the children of Holbrook Academy, Suffolk rehearsing part of their play of “We Didn’t Mean to go to […]

Talks schedule for the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree

by Nancy Blackett

An updated schedule of guest talks has been released for the Literary Lounge at the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree taking place this Saturday (13th May). The revised running order is as follows: 1:30pm – 2pm: Ransome, Reporter of the Russian Revolution by Paul Anderson, writer, journalist and lecturer at the University of Essex. 2:15pm – 2:45pm: Ransome and […]

Arthur Ransome’s Selina King boat building photographs exhibition at Pin Mill

by Nancy Blackett

Nancy Blackett Trust’s exhibition project wins National Lottery support The Nancy Blackett Trust has received £8,300-plus from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its project to present Arthur Ransome’s own photos of the building of his yacht Selina King at Pin Mill, Suffolk, in 1938. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the photographs will […]

Essential information about the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree

by Nancy Blackett

If you plan to come to the Jamboree please read this! The event starts at 12 noon and the common will be closed for organisers only until then. We will be bringing equipment such as the swingboats and Vintage Cinema and moving boats so please wait until the start to arrive. We have organised a […]

New mast, new season… at last!

by Nancy Blackett

Nancy Blackett finally started her new sailing season last Saturday (April 29th) when she left the Tidemill Marina in Woodbridge at about 1.00pm, as soon as there was sufficient depth of water over its sill. Her new mast looked splendid, and performed excellently during the short cruise round to Shotley Marina on the Stour/Orwell junction. […]

Get ready for Pin Mill’s Arthur Ransome Jamboree!

by Nancy Blackett

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Nancy Blackett Trust and Visit England’s Year of Literary Heroes, Pin Mill is hosting an Arthur Ransome Jamboree on Saturday 13th May. It’s part of a year-long celebration of Arthur Ransome’s links with the area, which will include a Parade of Sail headed by Nancy Blackett on 4th […]

Nancy Blackett Trust launches Arthur Ransome’s East Coast Celebration

by Nancy Blackett

The Arthur Ransome’s East Coast Celebration was launched earlier this week on Thursday (27th April) at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, with help from the Nancy Blackett Trust’s President Peter Willis. He opened the proceedings by reminding guests of Arthur Ransome’s close associations with the area – moving to the River Orwell to enjoy some offshore […]

20, 50, 80 years on… welcome to the New Year, and to Arthur Ransome’s East Coast.

by Nancy Blackett

Peter Willis, founder and president of the Nancy Blackett Trust, reflects on its 20th anniversary and the year in prospect… This new year, 2017, will not only see the 20th anniversary of the Nancy Blackett Trust, but it will also be 80 years since the publication of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea“, and […]

‘2017 Year of Literary Heroes’ to celebrate Arthur Ransome

by Nancy Blackett

Visit England has declared 2017 the ‘Year of Literary Heroes’, highlighting anniversaries of great writers, including Arthur Ransome, who died 50 years ago in 1967 – and Suffolk’s Shotley Peninsula, which features in two of his books, and where his famous yacht Nancy Blackett is based, is joining in with gusto. Pin Mill, the peninsula’s […]

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