Work on Nancy Blackett’s winter refurbishment continues with both varnish and an experimental coating having been applied to different parts of her. Neil Brooks, volunteer boat manager and a Trustee of the Nancy Blackett Trust, took her fore-hatch cover home to give it a much-needed protective coating, using, as an experiment, Woodskin rather than conventional […]
Swallow, the dinghy from the 1974 Swallows and Amazons film, was part of the last Sunday’s episode of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. Sail Ransome’s Rob Boden received a valuation for her from paintings expert Rupert Maas, as shown in the clip below: Swallow was purchased in 2010 with assistance from the Nancy Blackett Trust, when […]
Swallow from the original Swallows and Amazons film will be featured on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow this Sunday (21st February). Fiona Bruce (pictured above) and the Antiques Roadshow team will present the episode from the Windermere Jetty Museum. The episode will include a valuable collection of silver trophies awarded to a pioneering woman sailor, a James […]
Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making of Swallows and Amazons, writes about the letters that she has received about how the film has changed people’s lives, and how some of these will appear in the 3rd edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and […]
In mid-January John Heath visited the Walton Backwaters, the location of “Secret Water” in Arthur Ransome’s book of the same name, and has shared the following photos that he took of the Wade, the Witches’ House and Quay, and Speedy Creek: If you are interested in finding out more about “Secret Water”, both the Arthur […]
This week saw a number of online celebrations marking Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome’s 137th birthday on Tuesday 18th… There were a number of birthday messages: Happy birthday to Arthur Ransome, author of the Swallows and Amazons children's book series, born #onthisday in 1884. We're delighted to have in our collection, 'Portrait of Arthur […]
The audiobook of Swallows and Armenians is now available for free from Audible. Swallows and Armenians is Karen Babayan’s story of the Anglo-Armenian Altounyan family who inspired Arthur Ransome to write his first book of fiction for children, Swallows and Amazons, which has gone on to be a classic of Lake District mythology. The short […]
A Happy New Year from the Nancy Blackett Trust – with two bits of good news: Despite Royal Mail increasing its postal rates from January 1st, we are keeping our UK postage-and-packaging rates at the same levels. We’re also extending our offer of a free gift with every copy of Good Little Ship: Arthur Ransome, […]
Sophie Neville, who played ‘Titty’ in the original Swallows and Amazons film, and former President of the Arthur Ransome Society, writes about her visit to the Windermere Jetty Museum earlier this year… In the summer of 1973, I was transported to the shores of Windermere, ‘The Great Lake in the North’ to appear as ‘Titty […]
A Christmas message from the Nancy Blackett Trust… We wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our supporters, members, friends and followers. Thank you for your ongoing support and have a wonderful time. Art by Claudia Myatt
You can now watch the Bristol Old Vic’s musical production of Swallows and Amazons online this Winter. Created by Artistic Director Tom Morris (War Horse, The Grinning Man), writer Helen Edmundson (Coram Boy) and with music by Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy), this Bristol Old Vic production was first premiered in December 2010. The recording of the play […]
It’s time for last orders for your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop! Choose from our fabulous range of “Swallows and Amazons” and Nancy Blackett gifts, knowing that your purchases will go to a very good cause – keeping Nancy Blackett afloat and available for everyone! Please order your Christmas gifts by 11th December for […]
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