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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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 …
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 …
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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This is my favourite chapter. (Have I said that before? It’s possible I might have more than one.) It begins with a casual reference to mature, dignified Captain John turning upside down to look between his knees and the reflection in the lake.
The world of the Swallows and Amazons, so permanently close to the hearts and the cartography of those in the Lake District, is likely to come under further scrutiny this year, the 50th anniversary of the death of Arthur Ransome, master storyteller.