Dreaming of a camp-fire as sponsor backs Swallows and Amazons marathon
The Swallows and Amazons marathon at Coniston this summer is to be sponsored by a team who will keep the kettle boiling for the readers…
Author: Swallows and Amazons
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How to sail on Nancy Blackett this year
Everyone should have the unique experience of sailing Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett, especially around the locations where his Swallows and Amazons series stories “We Didn’t Mean…
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Classic Arthur Ransome stories are republished
A REPUBLICATION of some of the works by the famous author of Swallows and Amazons has been released. ‘Old Peter’s Russian Tales’ and ‘The Battle of the Birds and the Beasts’ have been brought together in a centenary reprint to create the first …
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Descendant of famed poet to join marathon read
A DESCENDANT of a much loved poet is to join the marathon reading of a classic children’s story. Christopher Wordsworth, the great great great great grandson of William Wordsworth, will read a chapter of Swallows and Amazons this summer at Coniston.
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New book offers insights into Swallows and Amazons stories
A NEW book offers a critical overview of a famous series of stories set in the Lake District. Julian Lovelock, a former lecturer of English literature at Buckinghamshire University, has produced an in-depth sturdy of Arthur Ransome’s 12 Swallows and …
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World Book Day: Great literary trips for young and grown-up bookworms
The home of the Brontës, Yorkshire, came a close second, and the North West was third thanks to Beatrix Potter and Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons . To mark World Book Day on 2 March, Visit England has created a map highlighting some of the …
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Marathon reading of Swallows and Amazons at Coniston
A marathon reading of the classic children’s story Swallows and Amazons will be staged this summer on the shore of the lake where the tale was set. The event, to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the author, Arthur Ransome, will take place at …
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Swallows and Amazons Chapter XV: Captain Flint again
If there is one thing I really really don’t like, it is being Falsely Accused. Especially the kind where you can’t say anything in your defence and nobody will listen and they will never know that you are nice really because they won’t let you tell them and there’s nothing you can do and it’s all so unfair…
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My Family Roots in East Africa – Part Two
Days spent at our farm in northern Tanzania were full of colourful characters, including a cobra who lived in the trees overshadowing the house. He probably kept down the rodent population quite efficiently.