A celebration of Arthur Ransome’s Norfolk Broads stories and boats was held at the Norfolk Broads Yacht Club’s Open Day over a glorious May Day Bank Holiday weekend, as Sophie Neville reports…
No sooner than we have published the second edition of ‘The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)’ in May 2017 but a number of facts and stories washed up on the incoming tide. I didn’t know that Ransome was aged twelve … Continue reading →
A glorious Spring Bank Holiday weekend in the Lakes saw a number of “Swallows and Amazons” events organised by the Arthur Ransome Society (TARS) around its IAGM, including sailing Swallow…
You can now listen to the short interview that Sophie Neville gave to BBC Radio Cumbria ahead of the Swallows and Amazons events held in the Lake District over this Spring Bank Holiday weekend…
During this coming week “Swallows and Amazons” will be celebrated over several days with a series of events held in the Lake District. Sophie Neville, president of The Arthur Ransome Society, will be at…
When the 1974 film of ‘Swallows and Amazons’ first came out in cinemas it stirred up quite a bit of interest in the media. This script for a programme made for BBC Radio Bristol has recently been discovered in a …
Last weekend saw the start of the Tavistock Music and Arts Festival, which was opened on Saturday (21st April) in the portrait room of the Bedford Hotel by Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur…
Sophie Neville, President of The Arthur Ransome Society, explores Arthur Ransome’s Lake District… ‘Where can we find the places described in “Swallows and Amazons”?’ As Arthur…
The 4th Waterberg Trust Challenge Ride, which set off on 21st January 2018, proved fast, fun and fulfilling. Thanks go to all those who sponsored me on Justgiving.com and helped me to raise funds in other ways. Crossing the game reserves …