Swallows and Amazons: The Syria connection – BBC News – BBC.com – BBC News
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.
Author: Swallows and Amazons
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The majestic world of Swallows and Amazons in the Lake District – Travel story – BT.com
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.
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Film reviews round-up: David Brent, Nine Lives, Swallows and Amazons, Childhood of a Leader – The Independent
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.
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Video: Rafe Spall not a fan of the Swallows and Amazons parrot – Belfast Telegraph
Star of Swallows And Amazons , Rafe Spall, reveals that he found one co-star extremely hard to work with.
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Swallows and Amazons Review – HeyUGuys
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.
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Photos: Nancy Blackett’s August Cruise
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’ …
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Swallows And Amazons Review – Empire
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.
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Arthur Ransome: Remarkable story of the man behind Swallows and Amazons – Yorkshire Post
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.
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The Lake District: The true star of new film Swallows and Amazons – Express.co.uk
For the real star of BBC Films’ Swallows And Amazons is the Lake District and its unbelievably beautiful countryside.