Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. A montage of behind the scenes footage of the actors and crew preparing to shoot a swimming scene at Peel Island on Coniston Water for…
Don’t miss out on our Nancy Blackett Book Month deals, celebrating 80 years of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”! We’re encouraging everybody to get back into reading after the…
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Sophie Neville, aged 12, rowing a skiff at home in Gloucestershire in April 1973 when she was preparing to appear as Titty in…
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Wardrobe Master Terry Smith walks to a waiting boat wearing Ronnie Fraser’s pith helmet. We approach…
Peter Willis’ new book “Good Little Ship: Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the Goblin” was launched yesterday evening in front of a full house at a special event hosted by…
A few months ago a friend of mine asked if I had ever heard of the book called “Swallows and Amazons” by Arthur Ransome. Her husband grew up with English parents and this was a favorite of his…
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Waiting around whilst filming “Swallows and Amazons” on the shore of Derwent Water in…
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Waiting around whilst filming “Swallows and Amazons” on the shore of Derwent Water…
… of Arthur Ransome, Rodney’s last major project was writing the biography of Dr Roger Altounyan (2003), who pioneered the use of the inhalant Intal as a remedy for asthma, and who as a boy was the real-life model for Roger in Swallows and Amazons .