Screencaps from Nancy Blackett’s Countryfile
We now have a gallery of screencaps from Nancy Blackett’s appearance on the BBC’s Countryfile last Sunday. See the photoset on Flickr.
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Matt badge mania as Countryfile airs
Nancy Blackett’s appearance on the BBC’s Countryfile programme yesterday sparked an immediate avalanche of hits on our website, even before the programme had ended. This included a huge upsurge in demand for enamel badges of the type which Nancy Blackett Trust chairman Peter Willis was shown handing to presenter Matt Baker – and which are available in the […]
Matt and Nancy: Countdown to Countryfile
There is now less than a day to go before you can see Nancy Blackett featured on the BBC’s Countryfile programme. Presenter Matt Baker will be tracing the story Arthur Ransome and “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, the seventh book in his “Swallows and Amazons” series, and in which Nancy appeared as Goblin, and joining Nancy’s […]
More Behind the Scenes on Countryfile with Nancy Blackett
Before we see the start of Nancy Blackett's new season featured on the BBC's Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April at 7pm on BBC1, here are some more photos showing what was going on behind the scenes in Woodbridge on a chilly and snowy Good Friday. Nancy Blackett in the snow (Photo: Bryan Bonser) Capturing the camera […]
Behind the Scenes on Countryfile with Nancy Blackett
While we are waiting to see the start of Nancy Blackett’s new season featured on the BBC’s Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April at 7pm on BBC1, here are some photos showing what was going on behind the scenes on a chilly Good Friday. Peter Wilis and Matt Baker Photo: Claudia Myatt Filming Nancy Blackett Photo: Bryan Bonser […]
Nancy Blackett on BBC’s Countryfile on Sunday 14th April
The start of Nancy Blackett's new season will be featured on the BBC's Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April (7pm, BBC1). Nancy Blackett's relaunch for the start of the 2013 season was filmed on a chilly Good Friday at Robertson's Boatyard in Woodbridge, Suffolk, including a short sail on the River Deben amongst some unseasonal […]
Nancy Blackett in Classic Boat’s Top 200
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett is rated in the Top 200 classic boats of all time, as compiled by Classic Boat magazine and now posted on its website. Nancy is number 78 in the listing, which was put together for Classic Boat’s 200th issue. She comes between two of Ransome’s other boats: Selina King (no. 45) […]
Swallows and Amazons Today: Listen to Open Country’s “Lakeland Adventures”
You can now listen to yesterday's edition of BBC Radio 4's Open Country, featuring an interview with Arthur Ransome's cousin Richard Ransome, who describes how his own Lakeland childhood was not that different from the adventures of the Swallows and the Amazons, but feels that the magic element of imagination seems to be missing from […]
NBT Member Amongst Rescued Bounty Crew
Long-standing NBT member Doug Faunt was amongst fourteen crew members of the HMS Bounty who were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday. Two rescue helicopters took the surviving crew to the Coast Guard Air Station in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, with no life-threatening conditions reported. Doug later posted on Facebook the following statements “The […]
Sailing in the Lakes, and in Holland
We are pleased to report that Nancy Blackett and her crew have arrived in Veere, and expect to be in Middelburg tomorrow evening. We are also pleased to report that the Classic Boat article, "Ransome's Lakes Revisited", is now available online, having been written by our very own Chairman, Peter Willis.
Swallow and Amazons Sets Sail for the West End
“Swallows and Amazons” the musical will be appearing at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, over the Christmas period. Announced today in the Stage and the theatre press, tickets went on sale for the reprise of the Bristol Old Vic production that premièred to rave reviews last December. Adapted by Helen Edmundson from the novel by Arthur […]
Nancy Blackett in the FT: Swallows and Amazons Revisited
Nancy Blackett was featured in Saturday's Financial Times, in an article by journalist, author and sailor Richard Donkin, who recently experienced the joys of sailing her on the River Orwell, in the company of skippers John Smith and Ed Williams. Click here to read the full article.
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