Sophie Neville writes about appearing in the documentary “Walton’s Secret Water”, representing the Arthur Ransome Society and celebrating Arthur Ransome’s legacy at next month’s Essex Book Festival. In my role as President of The Arthur Ransome Society, I was interviewed by Chris Opperman for a new documentary produced by David Webb on the Walton Backwaters,…
Arthur Ransome’s eighth novel “Secret Water” turns 80 this year. It’s his only Essex novel and this anniversary has prompted a ‘hub’ weekend of events in Harwich during that county’s book festival in March. It also prompts the question – what does it mean for a book to be eighty? Julia Jones investigates…
Winter work on Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett has made a further step forward with the completion of the first new coat of anti-fouling.
Last weekend the Deerness Drama Group performed the Helen Edmundson adapation of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” in Deerness Hall, Orkney. Some photos from the production are below. Click on the Facebook icon [f] to see the originals.
A performance inspired by the Anglo-Armenian origins of the Altouynans, models of the Walkers in Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons”, will be on stage in Keswick this Sunday (17th February) at 4pm.
The 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film music was composed by Wilfred Josephs, best known for producing the theme music for “I,Claudius”, “Enemy at the…
Further progress has been made with the priming of Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett’s hull as part of her ongoing winter work.
Winter work on Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, has progressed significantly, reports Clive Fisher.
Amateur theatre productions of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” are on stage this month in London and the Orkney Isles.