You can now get a free gift with every purchase of Good Little Ship: Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the Goblin until the end of this year. You can choose between a coaster, fridge magnet or a large square greetings card featuring the book’s cover art of Nancy Blackett sailing past Pin Mill by Woodbridge-based marine artist Claudia Myatt.  […]
From the makers of Walton’s Secret Water and A Journey Through Constable Country, this new film is an affectionate look at the ancient seaport of Harwich, home of the legendary Mayflower that took the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World. Mostly shot during the summer of 2019, Portrait of Harwich shows the Harwich Arts and Illuminate […]
The first new Christmas card for some time joins the Nancy Blackett range – titled “Christmas in the Shed”, it’s a square format blank card featuring a whimsical Claudia Myatt design with Nancy Blackett decorated for the season in the boatyard. It’s available from the Nancy Blackett Shop in packs of 10 at £5, and […]
Bidding is well under way for a hardback first edition copy of The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974), signed for you by the author Sophie Neville, and brought to your door or PO Box by Royal Mail (UK delivery is paid for). All money from the winning bid will be sent as a […]
The classic TV documentary A Voyage with Nancy Blackett is back in the Nancy Blackett Shop, now as a DVD – but supplies are strictly limited. The half-hour programme was made for Anglia TV in 1992 and features Nancy Blackett sailing on the River Orwell and the Walton Backwaters, with commentary from Christina Hardyment, Roger […]
Grab a chance and don’t be sorry for a might-have-been! Many of our supporters have already started buying their Christmas gifts from us, so to help you plan ahead for your own shopping, here’s our handy guide to our last dates for ordering your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop… Please note that our […]
Sophie Neville asks readers to write in with any points that they may notice that she can add to a third edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974)… Viewers of the original Swallows and Amazons film have written to point out that when the Amazons sailed up to Captain Flint’s […]
The Nancy Blackett stall proved to be popular with visitors at Robertsons Boatyard in Woodbridge on their Open Day last Sunday. Robertsons also kindly provided a collections box for donations, as well as some excellent refreshments, while the September sun encouraged visitors to support the Trust with stall and raffle purchases. If you were unable to […]
Come and meet the Nancy Blackett Trust at Robertsons Boatyard, Woodbridge – Nancy Blackett’s winter home – during their Open Day this Sunday, 20th September. Anyone interested is welcome to come along, and while Nancy Blackett herself won’t be there, members of the Trust will be manning an information and sales stand. They will also […]
From the makers of Walton’s Secret Water, this new film, A Journey Through Constable Country, takes the viewer on an exploration of the countryside around the Stour and Orwell that inspired John Constable, one of East Anglia’s greatest painters, visiting the landscapes, towns and villages that he loved around the Stour and Orwell estuaries and further […]
Swallows & Amazons (1974) starring Virginia McKenna is to be broadcast on BBC 2 at 12.20 on Sunday 30th August 2020, recalling the adventures of the Walker and Blackett families on a “Lake in the North” in August 1929 before the school term began, writes Sophie Neville. Hailed as “the feel-good film of Lockdown”, it […]
Those kids are back – all of them plus two new Maori friends – for a new environmentally-aware and Ransome-inspired adventure that starts when they discover a wounded seal. In Those Seal Rock Kids, his fifth book in this Ransome-influenced series, Jon Tucker deftly marshals the original kids – Jess, Jake and Fin, plus friends […]
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