It was the gondola that gave Ransome the idea for Captain Flint’s houseboat in Swallows and Amazons , and extracts from the novel regularly feature in a fascinating commentary, as the passenger boat makes its way around the lake.
This new adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s novel evokes a long-lost era in which kids didn’t just spend their days searching for Pokémon or playing Call Of Duty.
Star of Swallows And Amazons , Rafe Spall, reveals that he found one co-star extremely hard to work with.
If there is one thing guaranteed from bringing Arthur Ransome’s timeless literary classic Swallows and Amazons to the silver screen, it’s the engaging, enchanting narrative.
Nicola Farr and Richard Wainwright tell the story of this year’s August Cruise. During her recent August cruise, Nancy Blackett and crew visited Aldeburgh Yacht Club’s Lapwing ‘World Championship’ …
Arthur Ransome’s 1930 novel Swallows And Amazons is a beautiful hymn to childhood innocence, an ode to school holidays, playing pirates on sailing boats, pen knives, grazed knees and a curfew of tea-time.
WITH its summer idyll of campfires and children playing pirates Swallows and Amazons is one of those adventure stories, like Peter Pan and Treasure Island, that has stood the test of time.
For the real star of BBC Films’ Swallows And Amazons is the Lake District and its unbelievably beautiful countryside.
To celebrate the new “Swallows and Amazons” film opening in cinemas on 19th August, we’re giving you the chance to win a pile of Swallows and Amazons goodies (pictured), courtesy of Studiocanal.