The 45th Anniversary of the release of the original “Swallows and Amazons” film was last Thursday (4th April). Sophie Neville, who played Titty Walker in the film, recalls the adventure of attending the premiere in London… The Premiere of Richard Pilbrow’s movie “Swallows and Amazons” was held at the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue on 4th April […]
Nancy Blackett was captured sailing at Pin Mill on Sunday in this video by Robin Sadler… ?
Today, 4th April 2019, is the 45th Anniversary of the release of the original “Swallows and Amazons” film in cinemas. To mark the occasion, Sophie Neville (who played Titty Walker in the film and is President of the Arthur Ransome Society) has posted an original cinema poster advertising the World Gala Charity Matinee of “Swallows […]
Author and TARS President Sophie Neville has drawn some maps depicting locations mentioned in Arthur Ransome’s book “Swallows and Amazons” and the 1974 film, which are now available as printed products. There are maps of Windermere, Coniston Water and Derwentwater available as designs on a number of print-on-demand products available from Redbubble, which might make […]
The new Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories opened on 23rd March, and contains a number of boats old and new related to Arthur Ransome and “Swallows and Amazons.” The new museum replaces the earlier Windermere Steamboat Museum on the same site. Marc Grimston made it to the opening and thought it was […]
Last Saturday saw the completion of Nancy Blackett’s fitting-out following her winter refit work at Robertson’s Boatyard in Woodbridge. She had already been moved to the Tidemill Yacht Harbour, and a team of volunteers set to work to put aboard all the equipment, books, manuals, charts, bunk cushions and so on that had been stored […]
An amateur production of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” is coming to the stage in the French Riviera for one night only on March 26th. The Helen Edmundson adaptation, with songs by Neil Hannon and by arrangement with Nick Hern Books, is presented by the EBICA International School and produced by the EBICA Theatre Club, […]
Nancy Blackett is almost ready to start her new sailing season, with her annual fitting-out scheduled for this weekend. Claudia Myatt captured her cradled in readiness on Tuesday as Robertson’s yard in Woodbridge, Suffolk, below. Click on the Facebook icon [f] to go to the original photo.
Photographer Gill Moon captured an early Spring sunrise and dawn at Pin Mill last Sunday, as shown below. Click on the Facebook icon [f] to go to the original photos.
Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” will be on stage in York this summer. The Helen Edmundson adapation, with music by Neil Hannon, will be at the York Theatre Royal from July 26th until August 24th. There will be daily performances at 7pm, with additional matinees on selected days at 10:30am, 2:30pm and 3pm, as well as […]
Artist, curator and writer Karen Babayan will be exploring the Arthur Ransome Archive in a lunchtime talk at Leeds University on 21st March, and an evening talk at London’s Armenian Institute on 30th March. Aiming to establish the Altounyan-Swallows-Ransome connection and celebrate the contribution of the Altounyan family to the cultural history of the Lake […]
People shared stories about their connections to Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons books across social media yesterday as part of World Book Day 2019. World Book Day is an annual event that has been organised by UNESCO since 1995 to promote reading and publishing. In the United Kingdom and Ireland it is a charity event […]
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