The creator of Swallows and Amazons , The Big Six and – in the case of the above excerpt – 1934’s Coot Club filled his children’s books with fun and adventures on the waters of the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. It is now 50 years since he died …
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Sailing Secretary John Smith reports… “Had a message from Nancy Blackett at sea this morning off the entrance to the river Deben: “Approaching…
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Sailing Secretary, John Smith, updates us on the last leg Nancy’s homeward voyage… “I checked Nancy Blackett out yesterday after our engineer left…
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s President Peter Willis and Chairman Roger Sturge spent a fairly ‘interesting but ultimately frustrating’ Saturday afternoon at the Royal Norfolk and…
Tom Williams will be running technical workshops and Jez Pike, director of productions, will be talking about about the upcoming production of Swallows and Amazons which will run from August 18 until September 2. Visitors will also be given a sneak …
A reading of a classic children’s tale will mark the end of a summer-long exhibition. Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons will be told by special readers on September 3 as a show at the at the Ruskin Museum in Coniston about the author and his most …
The Lake District has huge nostalgia value for my husband and I. Well, Coniston, more specifically. Just this week awarded World Heritage status, the Lakes were the very first place we went on a long weekend away…
Nancy Blackett, the 28 foot cutter Arthur Ransome bought with Spainish gold, as he called his royalties from ‘Swallows and Amazons’ is an old lady now. Built by Hillyards of Littlehampton in 1931, she turns 85 this year and yet…
You can grab a chance to see Helen Edmundson’s theatrical adapation of “Swallows and Amazons” in Norwich from mid-August. The Norwich Players are putting on a production of…