The release of the new film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s classic, ‘Swallows And Amazons ‘ this Friday sees locations in Yorkshire and the Lake District brought to the big screen. ‘Swallows And Amazons ‘ is in cinemas nationwide from Friday 19th August …
A signed copy of Sophie Neville’s book “The Making of SWALLOWS & AMAZONS (1974)” is part of a prize bundle being given away by Saga to celebrate tomorrow’s release of “Swallows and Amazons” in cinemas across the U.K.
The Walker children in Arthur Ransome’s famous book – now a new film – were actually inspired by a family from the Syrian city of Aleppo.
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.