Come along to the Arthur Ransome Jamboree at Pin Mill in Suffolk
On Saturday 13th May members of the Nancy Blackett Trust have asked me to open the Arthur Ransome Jamboree 2017 at Pin Mill in Suffolk at 12.00 noon.
Author: Swallows and Amazons
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Outdoor cinema, literary festival and jamboree coming to Shotley peninsula for Arthur Ransome East Coast Celebration – East Anglian Daily Times
A vintage cinema bus, jamboree and literary festival are just some of the activities booked for a bumper programme of events coming to the Shotley peninsula this summer.
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Orion & Samuel Goldwyn Nab Philippa Lowthorpe’s ‘Swallows And Amazons’
Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have secured the North American rights to director Philippa Lowthorpe’s Swallows and Amazons, the film based on the classic 1930s children’s novel by Arthur Ransome.
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Second edition of ‘The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)’ to be published by the Lutterworth Press on 25th May 2017
The long-awaited second edition of ‘The Making of SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (1974)’ is being published in paperback by The Lutterworth Press on 25th May.
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Drink a toast to Swallows and Amazons – and support Nancy Blackett
Celebrate Swallows and Amazons and the start of our sailing season in style with our fabulous collection of ceramic and fine bone china mugs, available now from the Nancy Blackett Shop.
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An alternative view with Rachel Beckett: Bring back tomboys like Nancy and Peggy Blackett
Where, today, are the rugged tomboys, Nancy and Peggy Blackett of Swallows and Amazons ? One benefit of a single-sex girls’ school, such as Stroud High, is that young women are not subject to the prevailing stereotype or the pressure to present …
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Grab a chance to sail on Nancy Blackett this year
Even though Nancy Blackett’s due to spend a couple of months in Holland this summer, that still leaves twenty weeks of the sailing season open for you to book a sail – half-day, full day,…
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Would you like to be involved in a marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons?
Would you like to be involved in a marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons ?
Fans of Arthur Ransome who want to take part in a marathon reading of the classic Lake District story Swallows and Amazons can now volunteer via a new website. The site, www.ifnotduffers.org , invites readers to choose from a list of chapters for the … -
Nancy Blackett’s new mast, appeal update and more…
Progress continues on Nancy Blackett’s new mast. Making it began in January at specialist spar-makers Collars, while it is now at Robertsons and in the process of being prepared to drop into…