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Celebrate Arthur Ransome with Peter Willis, Sophie Neville and Julia Jones at the Essex Book Festival

21st December 202521st January 2019

This year’s Essex Book Festival will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Arthur Ransome’s “Secret Water” with a very special event in Harwich on Sunday 3rd March. Peter Willis, Sophie Neville and Julia Jones will be …

Arthur Ransome’s ‘Old Peter’s Russian Tales’ comes to the stage in Swansea

1st April 202313th November 2018

Arthur Ransome’s “Old Peter’s Russian Tales” will be brought to life on stage in Swansea for one day only this month – on Saturday 24th November. Dramatised by D.J. Britton as “Once Upon a Time, …

Arthur Ransome and the Russian Revolution at the Chobham Festival

12th February 20195th September 2018

A spotlight will focus on the Secret Life of Arthur Ransome and the Russian Revolution at this year’s Chobham Festival, writes Francis Batt in The Villager. A century on from the start of the Russian Revolution …

Videos: Nancy Blackett on the River Thames

23rd August 201819th August 2018

Here are two more videos from Nancy Blackett’s recent visit to London, filmed by Robin Sadler – the skipper on the trip to London. The first video is of Nancy Blackett sailing across the Thames …

Sailing Peggy Blackett at Arnside

18th August 2018

Last weekend saw a Swallows and Amazons Weekend hosted by Arnside Sailing Club, where visitors could sail in Peggy Blackett, a replica of Arthur Ransome’s dinghy Coch-y-bonddhu (Scarab in the books). The event was arranged …

Video: Nancy Blackett goes to London

17th August 2018

Watch our new video below of Nancy Blackett’s arrival in London last Friday (10th August), and see more about her visit here…

Photos: Nancy Blackett in London

7th October 202016th August 2018

Following Nancy Blackett’s visit to London last Friday (10th August), click here to see our Flickr album of the voyage. Members of the Trust will receive full details of the trip. Click here to join …

Nancy Blackett in London, and Peggy Blackett at Arnside

10th August 2018

One original Arthur Ransome boat, and one replica, will be viewable at opposite ends of the country today and this weekend respectively. The Nancy Blackett, Arthur Ransome favourite yacht, is expected to be in St …

Swallows and Amazons at Keswick roundup

2nd August 2018

Here’s a roundup of last Saturday’s (28th July) special screening of the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film in Keswick, with special guest Sophie Neville . Sophie played ‘Titty Walker’ in the film and held a …

Sophie Neville at Peel Island on Coniston Water, 4th Sep 2017. Photo by Sophie Neville.

On the radio: Sophie Neville talks Swallows and Amazons on BBC Radio Cumbria

4th February 202625th July 2018

Sophie Neville spoke yesterday (24th July) on BBC Radio Cumbria to Adam Powell about the special screening of the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film that will be shown in Keswick this Saturday (28th July). Sophie, who played …

Go to these Swallows and Amazons events this summer!

22nd February 202625th July 2018

Open-air theatre performances of “Swallows and Amazons” headline this summer’s lineup of events, supported by public access to historic boats and film screenings, along with adventure days and cruises. Open-air theatre No less than three …

Review: Creation Theatre’s ‘Swallows and Amazons’ in Oxford University Parks

24th July 2018

Theatre-lovers in Oxford are blessed with a wealth of outdoor shows at this time of year. None, however, will be as sweet, charming and such rollicking good fun as Creation Theatre’s al fresco production of “Swallows and …