There’s a whole load of exciting Swallows and Amazons events coming up over the next few weeks. Starting this evening, there’s the official book launch of “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” by Julian Lovelock at the University of Buckingham (you can also pre-order the book from our shop). This weekend there are…
I remember reading this as a child and loving it even more than the original Swallows and Amazons, maybe because it was even more Titty’s story than the first.
‘Swallows, Amazons and Coots’ by Julian Lovelock, with a forward by Sophie Neville, is to be launched on 23rd September at The Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham.
Luxembourg’s British and Irish Film Season returns for its seventh edition today. Until October 1st, viewers will have their pick of 15 film screenings at Ciné Utopia and Cinémathèque.
When is a book not a book? When it’s a Spineless Classic. Posters which have the entire text of a book on one sheet, beautifully arranged, incredibly crisply printed, and still large enough to read – even with my tired aging eyes!
Based on a popular children novel by Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons is the kind of old-fashioned, British family movies that is rarely seen these days in the landscape of animated movies, big budget blockbusters and family comedies.
Though an experienced, accomplished director on the smaller screen, Philippa Lowthorpe tries her hand – for the very first time – in the world of cinema, by bringing Arthur Ransome’s timeless literary classic Swallows and Amazons to the big screen.
Having never read the original children’s novel (gasp – I know!) I did not have a great deal of knowledge on what this film was going to be about other than 4 young children, boats and the allusion of espionage…
Either you love Swallows & Amazons or you don’t – they seem to induce strong feelings.