Video: Nancy Blackett goes to London
Watch our new video below of Nancy Blackett’s arrival in London last Friday (10th August), and see more about her visit here…
Author: Swallows and Amazons
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‘I Chaperoned Six Film Stars’ – part 3 of my mother’s memories of making the original film of ‘Swallows and Amazons’ in 1973
Sophie Neville continues with her behind-the-scenes memories from the set of the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film. I clearly remember my…
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Nancy Blackett in London, and Peggy Blackett at Arnside
One original Arthur Ransome boat, and one replica, will be viewable at opposite ends of the country today and this weekend respectively…
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‘I chaperoned six film stars’ – Part 2 of my mother’s memories of working on the 1974 movie ‘Swallows and Amazons’
Actress Sophie Neville reveals more behind-the-scenes memories from the set of the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film… In 1974, my mother, Daphne Neville, was commissioned to write…
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Swallows and Amazons at Keswick – review and photos
Here’s a roundup of last Saturday’s (28th July) special screening of the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film in Keswick, with special guest Sophie Neville . Sophie played…
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‘I Chaperoned Six Film Stars’ – Part 1 of my mother’s memories of working behind-the-scenes on the 1974 film of ‘Swallows and Amazons’
Actress Sophie Neville reveals some of her mother’s memories of working on the 1974 ‘Swallows and Amazons’ film… My mother is a squirrel. She arrived at my house, not with nuts, but a large envelope. Amongst other things, this contained the transcript of a piece she wrote almost forty-five years ago for BBC Radio Bristol, when she presented…
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Arthur Ransome’s Selina King: Introducing the Exhibition Catalogue and Greetings Card
Following the first anniversary of the Selina King Exhibition at Pin Mill, the Nancy Blackett Trust announce the publication of the exhibition’s catalogue, as well as a commemorative greetings card. The…
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Review: Creation Theatre’s Swallows and Amazons in Oxford University Parks – ”Sweet, charming and rollicking good fun’
Theatre-lovers in Oxford are blessed with a wealth of outdoor shows at this time of year. None, however, will be as sweet, charming and such rollicking good fun as Creation Theatre’s al fresco production of “Swallows and Amazons” – which is making a …
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In photos: Nancy Blackett beating up the Orwell
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett was in her element yesterday, beating up the River Orwell, as photographed by Mandy Durham…