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Brian Hammett Memorial Talk moved to September

19th March 2020

The inaugural Brian Hammett Memorial Talk with Julia Jones has been rescheduled to Friday 18th September. Existing bookings are being transferred to that date with the option of cancellation and refund for anyone who is …

Video: Exploring the Swallows and Armenians Exhibition in Carlisle

14th March 2020

It’s the final weekend of the Swallows and Armenians exhibition in Carlisle, so here’s an earlier video walkabout of it by curator Karen Babayan.

New Arthur Ransome and George Orwell play to tour East Anglia

22nd September 202119th February 2020

A new play about Arthur Ransome and George Orwell goes on tour across East Anglia this spring and tickets are now on sale. Produced by Eastern Angles, Red Skies is based on the coincidence that …

Julia Jones to give a talk about the Cruise of Naromis in Bawdsey this evening

8th February 2020

Julia Jones, author and owner of Arthur Ransome’s Peter Duck, will be giving an illustrated talk about her father’s Cruise of Naromis: August in the Baltic 1939. this evening in Bawdsey, Suffolk. The venue is …

Stephen Sykes to give a talk on the Ransomes at Hill Top

20th January 20261st February 2020

Stephen Sykes, owner of Arthur Ransome’s last home, Hill Top in Haverthwaite, will be giving a talk about “The Ransomes at Hill Top” next Friday at the Carthouse Cinema in nearby Oxen Park, Cumbria. Hill …

New Arthur Ransome play coming to Ipswich this April

22nd September 202123rd January 2020

A new play about Arthur and Evgenia Ransome and George Orwell comes to the stage in Ipswich this April, and tickets are now on pre-sale. Produced by Eastern Angles, Red Skies is based on the …

See ‘Riddle of the Sands’ and ‘Swallows and Amazons’ at the Woodbridge Maritime Film Festival

15th January 2020

Classic films Riddle of the Sands (1979) and Swallows and Amazons (1974) are both showing at this weekend’s Maritime Film Festival in Woodbridge, with introductory talks by the former’s producer Drummond Challis and the Nancy …

Brian Hammett Talk bookings now open with speaker Julia Jones

19th March 202013th January 2020

We’re delighted to announce that the speaker for the first Brian Hammett Memorial Talk is to be Julia Jones, and bookings are now open. Julia is a well-known local author and sailor – she is …

A marathon reading of Pigeon Post is coming to Coniston Coppermines

28th September 2019

A marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s classic story Pigeon Post is happening near Coniston tomorrow (29th September). The all-day event starts at 8am at the Coniston Coppermines Youth Hostel and has been organised by writer …

Libby Purves to give the first Brian Hammett Memorial Talk

3rd January 202019th September 2019

Update (January 3rd 2020): Please note that plans for this event are currently under reconsideration due to the illness of our proposed speaker Libby Purves. We hope Libby will be recovered and well enough to fulfil …

Swallows and Amazons events for the rest of the summer and beyond

22nd September 202118th August 2019

With two weeks of the summer holidays still to go, there are still plenty of Swallows and Amazons activities left to do, some of which continue into the autumn or beyond. For theatre-goers, Swallows and …

In photos: “Swallows and Amazons” the York Theatre Royal

22nd September 20212nd August 2019

It’s the end of the first week of “Swallows and Amazons” on stage at York’s Theatre Royal, so here are some photos of the production. There are also photos below of the theatre foyer decked …