Yesterday was a good day for Nancy Blackett at the St Katharine Dock Classic Boat Show in London, writes Bob Hull. It got off to a slow start after the Nancy Blackett crew went around …
Nancy Blackett has made it to London in plenty of time for this weekend’s Classic Boat Festival at St Katharine Dock. She can be visited on Saturday and Sunday during festival hours. Further details of …
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s contribution to the Felixstowe Book Festival on Saturday June 25th was part of a highly entertaining and successful day-long series of events under the title of Suffolk and the Sea. The …
Suffolk author and sailor Julia Jones looks forward to the upcoming You Too Can Go To Sea event on 25th June at the Two Sisters Arts Centre in Trimley St. Mary, Suffolk – led by …
It was exactly 25 years ago today – June 9th 1997 – that the newly-formed Nancy Blackett Trust took over ownership of the Nancy Blackett, the yacht that inspired Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s novel We …
Supper bookings for the Brian Hammett Memorial Talk this Friday (18th March) are now closed, but a limited number of £12 seat-only tickets remain available. Presented by the Nancy Blackett Trust and TARS East, the …
A marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s classic story Winter Holiday is happening at Windermere Jetty on Sunday (30th January). The all-day event has been organised by writer and lecturer Chris Routledge, in association with The …
The title for the Brian Hammett Memorial Talk comes from a call-out for volunteer to the newly-formed Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve at the beginning of World War II. Many amateur yachtsmen – notably from …
The Nancy Blackett Trust will be joining in the ‘Robertsons Boatyard and Friends‘ event in Woodbridge this weekend as part of the Deben Summer Festival. Come and visit the River Deben’s oldest working boatyard, which …
To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the publication of Swallows and Amazons, Sophie Neville participated in a live online conversation with Natasha Scullion of Lakeland Arts on Tuesday 1st December, which included a Q&A for …
On Tuesday 1st December, Lakeland Arts celebrated the 90th anniversary of the publication of ‘Swallows and Amazons’ with an online event accessible for anyone in the world, a recording of which is now available here for all …
Sophie Neville recently talked to Books at Lunchtime about all things Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome and living the life of the book. You can watch the 35-minute video below… Books at Lunchtime is a …
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