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 […]
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, […]
The 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” took place yesterday (21st October) on a sunny and blustery day at Pin Mill Sailing Club, where Arthur Ransome was a member when he wrote the book and lived in the area. The event was organised by Peter Willis, President of the Nancy […]
Here are some additional photos from the “Swallows and Amazons” Marathon Reading that took place on the shore of Coniston Water on 3rd September, kindly provided by Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society, who also starred as “Titty Walker” in the 1974″Swallows and Amazons” film, and who read the final chapter of the […]
Follow the story of the marathon reading of “Swallows and Amazons” from Coniston as it happened, via the tweets of some of the organisers and participants: Getting ready…. pic.twitter.com/qYA2sEYy4F — Arthur Ransome (@ifnotduffers) September 3, 2017 The flag it raised… pic.twitter.com/KuKmIus2uS — Arthur Ransome (@ifnotduffers) September 3, 2017 Looking forward to taking part in the […]
A marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s classic story “Swallows and Amazons” will be happening in Coniston this Sunday (3rd September), to mark the end of a summer-long series of celebrations commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his death. The free event will take place on the shore of Coniston just north of the Coniston Boating Centre and […]
With Griff Rhys Jones, Libby Purves, Sophie Neville and more… including you? Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” is absolutely key to both our own purpose in the Nancy Blackett Trust and his period in Suffolk during which it was written – so what better way to conclude the summer of Ransome […]
Today was a changeover day for Nancy Blackett and crew in Middelburg, in glorious summer sunshine. Sophie Neville joins our crew for this third week, and Dutch author (and Vlissingen resident) Veronica Frenks managed to track them down this afternoon. Here’s the story in their own words and pictures: With @NancyBlackettUK in Middleberg, the Netherlands […]
Two days of events beside and on the lovely River Orwell began with the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM and Summer Social on Saturday 3rd June, and continued on Sunday with a 40-boat flotilla marking Nancy Blackett’s commemorative departure for Holland, all held at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. This is a special year for Arthur […]
Watch some behind-the-scenes footage below of “Swallows and Amazons” being filmed in 1973 in Bowness-on-Windermere, the location for ‘Rio’ in Arthur Ransome’s story. The footage was shot on 16mm Bolex film… (continues below) If you enjoyed that footage, then you might like to read the second edition of Sophie Neville’s book “The Making of Swallows […]
The second edition of Sophie Neville’s “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)” is now available from the Nancy Blackett Shop. The newly revised edition has just been published by the Lutterworth Press and serves as a time-capsule into the early 1970s, being replete with illustrations, film stills, and colour photographs taken during the production of […]
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