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 …
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 …
To help you get ready for Christmas, we’re giving you the chance to win one pack of each of these three exclusive Nancy Blackett Trust Charity Christmas Cards (pictured). To enter, you need to have either …
It is autumn 1919. Moscow is surrounded by counter-revolutionaries. Arthur Ransome is known to be a Bolshevik sympathiser. He’s fallen in love with Trotsky’s secretary. They both know they’ll be lynched or shot if Moscow …
Following a successful book launch last week, the highly anticipated “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” is published today, and available from the Nancy Blackett Shop at the special introductory price of £17.00 (saving …
“Swallows, Amazons and Coots” by Julian Lovelock, with a forward by Sophie Neville, is to be launched on 23rd September at the Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham. Delving deep into Arthur Ransome’s creative process and politics, it is …
Make the most of our remaining summer days with these Swallows and Amazons events. If you are in the Lake District this weekend you can explore Brockhole’s Swallows and Amazons Adventure Trail or go on …
Nicola Farr and Richard Wainwright tell the story of this year’s August Cruise. During her recent August cruise, Nancy Blackett and crew visited Aldeburgh Yacht Club’s Lapwing ‘World Championship’ event. The Lapwing is a 12ft …
To celebrate the new “Swallows and Amazons” film opening in cinemas on 19th August, we’re giving you the chance to win a pile of Swallows and Amazons goodies (pictured), courtesy of Studiocanal. To enter, you …
The Nancy Blackett Trust held its 20th Anniversary AGM on Saturday 2nd July at its traditional venue of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. During the day Nancy Blackett was available to members for short sailing …
Peter Willis reviews Eastern Angles’ new production of the stage version of the Ransome classic. You enter via a proper checkpoint, then drive for ages across a seemingly disused, but actually repurposed airfield (a film …
The cast of Eastern Angles’ production of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” took a few hours out of rehearsals on Thursday to literally learn the ropes. They visited the Nancy Blackett – Arthur …
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