Shayla and Jonathan Batty, owners of Bank Ground Farm, in Coniston, created the challenge asking people for poems about their home, or Swallows and Amazons , the classic children’s story with strong connections to their farm. The winner was 73-year-old …
She said: “One day when I was seven my Mum got out Swallows and Amazons . I point blank refused to listen to mum read the book. I thought it would be boring! But mum made me listen, and before long I was pleading to Mum to carry on. I thought it was …
Swallows & Amazons Four children (The Swallows ) go on a sailing adventure to an island where they encounter a rival group of kids (The Amazons ). Rivalry quickly turns to comradery when pirates threaten all they hold dear. Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald …
For the last time this week, Nancy Blackett’s current crew waved a tearful goodbye to Veere’s excellent croissant shop, writes Nick Ardagh-Walter… The croissant shop is set amongst…
In these days of special effects- driven blockbusters and graphic R-rated video games, Swallows and Amazons cannot really compete – and it does not want to. While it does deliver an action sequence in the finale, featuring boats and a seaplane, kids …
Celebrate Swallows and Amazons this summer with this pair of highly collectable decorative mugs. Made in England from fine bone china, these beaker-style mugs have…
Wednesday got off to a sodden start for Nancy Blackett and her crew, as Nick Ardagh-Walter reveals… There was solid, heavy rain for about 16 hours, throughout the night and morning, together…
If anyone gets swept up in “Swallows and Amazons ,” a kids’ adventure with an unapologetically old-fashioned Bobbsey Twins vibe, it will be very young moviegoers. Their grown-ups will at least get a break from frenetic cartoons, along with lovely views …
Nancy Blackett and her new crew have had a busy sixth week in Zeeland so far, as new crewman Nick Ardagh-Walter writes. The new crew arrived in Middelburg on Saturday morning and joined sitting…