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) […]
Shooting starts this summer on the new film of "Swallows and Amazons", and the producers are now looking for boys and girls aged 6-13 to cast the parts of the Swallows – John, Susan, Titty and Roger – and the Amazons – Nancy and Peggy Blackett. No previous acting experience is necessary, and no specific […]
Nancy Blackett's sailing programme for this summer is now available online, and bookings are now open. The programme includes: an early-season passage to the Solent, to cover the Arthur Ransome Society's IAGM at Buckler's Hard (24th – 26th May), and the Old Gaffers Yarmouth (IoW) Festival, aka YOGAFF (31st May – 1st June), with plenty […]
Last Friday “Swallows and Amazons” was featured as the specialist subject of one contestant on the veteran BBC’s “Mastermind” quiz series. Sixteen questions were asked, drawing from topics across Arthur Ransome’s series of children’s novels, including two from “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, in which Nancy Blackett stars as the Goblin. The contestant, […]
A Happy Christmas to everyone from all of us at the Nancy Blackett Trust – and fair winds for good sailing in 2013.
The Nancy Blackett Trust has just received a lovely Christmas card and message to us all from Mimi Ohsawa in Japan. Mimi visited Nancy Blackett in Woolverstone and Woodbridge at the time of the Woodbridge Festival in 2010 when she was studying at UEA, and based in Norwich. She is now a volunteer teaching youngsters […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust will be terminating its affiliate bookstore program at the end of the year. Orders may be made via the program up to the end of December 2012. Our direct sales of selected Ransome-related books will continue, and we are looking at the possibility of setting up an arrangement with an independent bookseller in the near […]
Attractive new editions of Arthur Ransome’s "Swallows and Amazons" series are being issued under the Vintage Classics imprint, with the first four titles now available. The paperbacks have a large, clear, easy-to-read typeface, all of Arthur Ransome’s original illustrations, plus quizzes, games and additional information in the ‘Backstory’ sections. More details in our Shop pages. […]
An impressive new painting of Nancy Blackett by noted marine artist Patrick Donovan (ARSMA) has been presented to the Nancy Blackett Trust. Prints and cards are available from our shop. About the painting Patrick Donovan's watercolour of Nancy Blackett is the result of a commission by a Nancy Blackett Trust member, who subsequently donated the […]
Nancy Blackett’s final cruise of the season was also the first for newly-promoted Skipper for Roger Sturge, the Nancy Blackett Trust’s Secretary. Here is his account… On Monday morning, in bright sunshine, we motored down the River Orwell and raised sail at Levington. The crew, Roger, Sue Heron and Ray Nash (the Trust’s treasurer) had […]
The latest addition to the Nancy Blackett shop is this beautiful 2013 Year Planner by our in-house artist Claudia Myatt. Being a generous A2 size on semi-stiff card, it has plenty of space for all your sailing dates and other engagements, as well as for your notes, phone numbers, etc. A true enhancement to any wall you […]
The Nancy Blackett Shop now stocks these new hardcover notebooks, which come with a choice of four classic Arthur Ransome book covers – as well as "We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea", you can choose between "Swallows and Amazons", "Pigeon Post" and "Winter Holiday" versions. Produced by Art Meets Matter, who specialise in book-cover-based […]
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