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…
Author: Swallows and Amazons
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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…
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In Photos: Sophie Neville’s “Swallows and Amazons” Marathon
Here are some additional photos from the “Swallows and Amazons” Marathon Reading that took place on the shore of Coniston Water on 3rd September, kindly provided by Sophie Neville,…
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Swallows and Amazons audiobook (review)
I don’t recall where I first read about the book Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome. If I had to guess, I would say one of the homeschooling catalogs I receive. Regardless, ever since then, it…
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A Special Saturday Day-Sail on Nancy Blackett
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Sailing Secretary John Smith tells the story of a very special day out sailing Nancy Blackett for two of the Trust’s members…
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New book reveals how the 1974 film of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons was made
The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974) will be of interest to anyone who has seen the film, but also to everyone who is a fan of Ransome and his famous book, which tells the story of a summer in 1929 when a group of children camp on an island in the …
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Spotlight on real life characters behind Arthur Ransome’s fictional Swallows
Arthur Ransome and his Russian wife Evgenia met up with Dora and Ernest and rekindled their friendship. Arthur and Ernest went off to Barrow and bought Ernest’s children two 14-feet dinghies, which were to become the catalyst for Swallows and Amazons .”.
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The Swallows and Amazons Marathon – A Radio Interview
Here’s another chance to listen to the BBC Radio Cumbria interview about the Swallows and Amazons Marathon Reading that was held by the Coniston Boating Centre on 3rd September 2017. Presenter…
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The 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”
Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” is absolutely key to both our own purpose in the Nancy Blackett Trust and his period in Suffolk during which it was written – so what better way to conclude the summer of Ransome activities on the Shotley peninsula than an event that puts the book itself centre-stage, 80 years after its publication?