Obituary: Hugh Brogan, Arthur Ransome’s biographer
Hugh Brogan, who died on 26th July at the age of 83, was a distinguished historian – Emeritus Professor at Essex University – but will be remembered outside academia chiefly for his role…
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A ‘Welcome’ return for Arthur Ransome’s Norfolk Broads cruiser
An historic 1920s Broads sailing cruiser once hired by Arthur Ransome has made a welcome return to the water, reports the East Anglian Daily Press.
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It’s the 80th anniversary of Arthur Ransome’s “Secret Water”
Arthur Ransome’s eighth novel “Secret Water” turns 80 this year. It’s his only Essex novel and this anniversary has prompted a ‘hub’ weekend of events in Harwich during that county’s book festival in March. It also prompts the question – what does it mean for a book to be eighty? Julia Jones investigates…
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Arthur Ransome and the Russian Revolution at the Chobham Festival
A spotlight will focus on the Russian Revolution at this year’s Chobham Festival, writes Francis Batt in The Villager. A century on from the start of…
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Arthur Ransome’s Selina King: Introducing the Exhibition Catalogue and Greetings Card
Following the first anniversary of the Selina King Exhibition at Pin Mill, the Nancy Blackett Trust announce the publication of the exhibition’s catalogue, as well as a commemorative greetings card. The…
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Conference and Exhibition to Reveal Secrets of the Collingwood Archive
A two-day conference to celebrate the Collingwood Archive and the year-long project to catalogue it will take place at Cardiff University at the end of April. The Collingwood Archive William Gershom…
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The connections between Swallows and Amazons writer Arthur Ransome and Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky
News in the international press that Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is to be the subject of a television series to coincide with the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution should be of particular interest in the Lakes, which has an interesting, but …
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Country diary: rewilding a river I fished with Arthur Ransome
When I was a kid I recall fishing for minnows with a jam jar by the Ribble and being sketched by a man in wire-framed specs. It was the writer Arthur Ransome…
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Marathon Reading honours “Swallows and Amazons” author Arthur Ransome
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s nine-hour marathon reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” took place on Saturday (21st October) at Pin Mill Sailing Club near Ipswich, before a large and…