Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, will be seen nationwide on ITV1 this Sunday at 11:55am. She will appear in the first episode of the new series of All Around Britain, which explores some of the most glorious and fascinating visitor destinations and landmarks across Britain and Northern Ireland, and brings viewers the very best […]
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, has celebrated her 90th Anniversary by being featured in a short segment that was broadcast on ITV News Anglia on Monday evening. Hosted by Victoria Lampard, the segment was filmed on the River Orwell on 18th May in near-perfect conditions, and features contributions from the Nancy Blackett Trust’s President […]
Sophie Neville appeared with some of her Swallows & Amazons movie memorabilia on Antiques Roadshow last Sunday (9th May), having previously written about her experience and been interviewed about it on BBC Radio Cumbria. Sophie’s memorabilia included a variety of props and photographs, and she received an unexpected expert valuation for them, which you can […]
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 […]
To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the publication of Swallows and Amazons, Sophie Neville participated in a live online conversation with Natasha Scullion of Lakeland Arts on Tuesday 1st December, which included a Q&A for viewers. You can now watch the 90-minute recording of that conversation below, with thanks to Lakeland Arts… Sophie’s story about ‘The […]
Sophie Neville recently talked to Books at Lunchtime about all things Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome and living the life of the book. You can watch the 35-minute video below… Books at Lunchtime is a series of online lunchtime book discussions with special guests by Ketts Books, a community bookshop in Wymondham, Norfolk. Sophie Neville […]
It’s eighty years since the publication of Arthur Ransome’s classic Norfolk Broads story The Big Six, so an anniversary talk was given by the Nancy Blackett Trust’s President Peter Willis as part of the Sea Fever Literary Festival in October. Wells Maltings has now published the video of the talk which you can watch below, while […]
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. The scene when John, Susan, Titty and Roger ran up to the Peak of Darien was eventually shot on location at Runnymede. Director Claude Whatham, wearing blue shorts, and Producer Richard Pilbrow can be seen setting up the shot […]
The latest exhibition at Windermere Jetty features many items relating to author Arthur Ransome, his life and his most famous book Swallows and Amazons, celebrating the 90th anniversary of its publication. While the museum remains temporarily closed, it has produced a short Curator’s Tour video of the exhibition which you can watch below…
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Sophie Neville, on a day off from filming “Swallows and Amazons”, watches the Well-Dressing Procession through Ambleside where the cast and crew were staying in the summer of 1973. Shot on 16mm film (Bolex). You can read the whole story […]
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Whilst the sun shone on Derwent Water the cast and crew of “Swallows and Amazons” set up to film Captain Flint, played by Ronald Fraser, being captured on his houseboat and made to walk the plank. The man featured […]
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. The actors and crew relax after lunch on the shore of Derwent Water in the Lake District. Suzanna Hamilton, Kit Seymour, Simon West and Sophie Neville wait for Ronald Fraser, playing Captain Flint, who walks down the jetty and […]
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