The 2016 “Swallows and Amazons” film opens from today in the USA, with a limited release in selected cinemas and a wider release on Cable TV, digital video-on-demand and library/college services as follows: Digital video-on-demand: Amazon Video FandangoNow Google Play iTunes Vudu Non-Theatrical Digital: Hoopla (libraries) Kanopy (libraries + colleges) Cable TV services: AT&T DirecTV…
With 2017 marking the 80th anniversary of the publication of “We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea” and the 50th anniversary of Ransome’s death, the village of Pin Mill in Suffolk held the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree which took place on 13 May, during the Push the Boat Out event…
Journalist Octavia Pollock from “Country Life” magazine recently spent some time aboard Nancy Blackett and around Pin Mill, during the weekend of the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree in…
Swallows and Amazons A summer sailing outing turns into an island adventure for four British children. With Rafe Spall, Andrew Scott, Kelly Macdonald. Written by Andrea Gibb. Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. (1:36) NR.
This summer, I grabbed the chance to sail Arthur Ransome’s favourite little ship, the Nancy Blackett. If you recognise her it might be because she was his model for the Goblin in ‘We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea‘. Although …
Nancy Blackett and her crew were back in Middelburg on Friday, at the end of a week when we visited and revisited favourite places, writes skipper Jon Millward. On Tuesday we arrived in Zierikzee…
A panoramic video of Nancy Blackett and the Royal Harwich Yacht Club on the morning of Sunday 4th July 2017, while preparing for the Parade of Sail flotilla and her departure for the…
In today’s message (with more photos and a video) from Tony Clarke, Nancy Blackett had a varied voyage from Veere to Goes: “Monday – From Veere to Goes we had some motoring and some…
The original Lottie Blossom (now Ragged Robin III), owned by Arthur Ransome from 1951-52, is now for sale. A 6-ton, centre-cockpit Hillyard yacht, Ragged Robin is cutter-rigged, and has been restored…