Watch a behind-the-scenes video of the Amazon boathouse, during the filming of Swallows and Amazons (1974), shot at ‘Beckfoot’ on…
Tomorrow (Saturday 21st October) is the 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, so here’s the official programme for the day:
The book, published in 1937, is part of the Swallows and Amazons series and is set on the banks of the River Orwell. Chapters will be read aloud, from beginning to end, over around eight hours starting from 9am on Saturday. Libby Purves, Julia Jones …
The Nancy Blackett Trust has commissioned this Limited Edition Bookmark to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the publication of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” in November 1937…
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There are just a couple of days to go to the 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, which starts at 9am on Saturday 21st October. In honour of the book’s 80th anniversary…
The book, published in 1937, is part of the Swallows and Amazons series and is set on the banks of the River Orwell. Chapters will be read aloud, from beginning to end, over around eight hours starting from 9am on Saturday. Libby Purves, Julia Jones …
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Chairman Peter Willis was interviewed by afternoon presenter Lesley Dolphin on BBC Radio Suffolk on 9th October . Topics covered included the upcoming 80th…
Among those reading are comedian Griff Rhys Jones, Radio Four’s Libby Purves, and Sophie Neville (Titty in the 1970s film Swallows and Amazons ). If you would like to read a section of the book, you can sign up to do so here. After the reading, Griff …
On Saturday 21st October I will be joining Griff Rhys Jones, Libby Purves and author Christina Hardyment at Pin Mill Sailing Club on the River Orwell, near Ipswich in Suffolk, to take part in a marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s …