Film locations in Cumbria revealed in new book
Cumbrian landscape is acknowledged the world over as some of the most dramatic and beautiful on this planet – but less well recognised is its starring role in numerous films over the past 70 years.
Author: Swallows and Amazons
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Swallows and Amazons Chapter I: Better drowned than duffers…
So here we sit, on the shores of an adventure…
And that opening image, of Roger tacking diligently up the field towards his mother, resisting the urge to run straight towards her and the message she holds because it would break the reality he has constructed. These children are doing Real Life, in a big way,.. -
Swallows and Amazons fantasy becomes reality for swimmers
Fans of Arthur Ransome’s classic Lakes’ story Swallows and Amazons will have a chance to live the adventure for themselves next summer. Ambleside-based Swim the Lakes are hosting a weekend activity holiday which includes a sail on “Captain Flint’s houseboat” and a swim to Wild Cat Island.
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I hope film festival sends kids on a thrilling new adventure
As one of Scotland’s most acclaimed screenwriters, she helped create one of the biggest family films of 2016 with the Swallows and Amazons remake.
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The Homing Stone Comes to Exeter in December
It is autumn 1919. Moscow is surrounded by counter-revolutionaries. Arthur Ransome is known to be a Bolshevik sympathiser. He’s fallen in love with Trotsky’s secretary. They both know they’ll be lynched or shot if Moscow falls. Somehow they must escape. On Ransome’s desk is a stone from Peel Island on Coniston Water. Is it a powerful enough talisman to get him home?
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Everything you need to know about the Bath Film Festival 2016
Bath Film Festival expects to become the first in the UK, and possibly the world, to give equal attention to male and female filmmakers when it presents its 26th annual programme of new and classic cinema screenings and related events at venues across the city from November 3 to 13…
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“An A-Z of Cumbria and The Lake District on Film” has just been launched
“An A-Z of Cumbria and The Lake District on Film” has just been launched by Hayloft Publishing, written by David Banning with a forward by Sophie Neville.
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British Independent Film Awards 2016: The Debut Directors Long List
From the Hollywood Reporter The British Independent Film Awards – the BIFAs to those in the know – is set to unveil its official nominations on Nov. 1 ahead of the Dec 4. ceremony in London. To celebrate the addition of several new categories aimed at highlighting new and emerging names, The Hollywood Reporter has teamed…
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Unearthing the true story behind former British spy and treasured children’s author Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome’s tales of boats and adventure – many of which were set in Suffolk – changed the course of children’s literature. But, says Julian Lovelock, who has written a book about Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series, the author was a complex character whose novels were inextricably bound up with the times he lived through and the sadnesses of his own life.