Arthur Ransome: an East Coast Celebration
The Selina King exhibition at Anthony Cullen’s Pin Mill Studio was featured in the June edition of “Essential Suffolk“. The feature article, “Arthur Ransome: an East Coast…
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Nancy Backett in Classic Sailor Magazine and on BBC Radio Suffolk
The new issue of Classic Sailor magazine contains a six-page feature article about Nancy Blackett’s summer trip to the Netherlands. The October/November issue is In the shops from today…
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Photos and Recap – Week 1 of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch Adventure
This summer Nancy Blackett went on an epic eight-week sailing adventure in Holland, following her commemorative departure in a 40-boat flotilla from the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. We reported the news…
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Meeting up with Mate Peggy from the 1974 movie ‘Swallows and Amazons’ – part three
When I met up with Lesley Bennett in the Netherlands this summer, she kindly allowed me to take copies of the snaps she took while filming ‘Swallows and Amazons’ (1974) on location…
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Meeting up with Mate Peggy – part two
In the feature film ‘Swallows and Amazons’ (1974) the part of Peggy Blackett was played by Lesley Bennett. She was an experienced dingy sailor and enjoyed …
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Meeting up with Peggy Blackett – from the film ‘Swallows & Amazons’ (1974)
When the original feature film of ‘Swallows & Amazons’ was made in 1973, Peggy Blackett was played by Lesley Bennett. She can be seen here on location at Bank Ground Farm above Coniston Water in the Lake District. For the …
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I Did Mean to Go to Sea: Sailing Nancy Blackett in Holland – Part 2
Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society and “Titty Walker” in the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, spent a week sailing Nancy Blackett in Dutch waters earlier…
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I Did Mean to Go to Sea: Sailing Nancy Blackett in Holland – Part 1
Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society and “Titty Walker” in the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, spent a week sailing Nancy Blackett in Dutch waters earlier…
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Swallows and Amazons: changing fashions in children’s books
It’s almost exactly 50 years since I last read this book, and I’ve given it another star. I think I’ve read it three times, and found it better each time…