The Nancy Blackett Trust has commissioned this Limited Edition Bookmark to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the publication of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” in November 1937…
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There are just a couple of days to go to the 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, which starts at 9am on Saturday 21st October. In honour of the book’s 80th anniversary…
Among those reading are comedian Griff Rhys Jones, Radio Four’s Libby Purves, and Sophie Neville (Titty in the 1970s film Swallows and Amazons ). If you would like to read a section of the book, you can sign up to do so here. After the reading, Griff …
On Saturday 21st October I will be joining Griff Rhys Jones, Libby Purves and author Christina Hardyment at Pin Mill Sailing Club on the River Orwell, near Ipswich in Suffolk, to take part in a marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s …
There’s just a week to go to our Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, starting 9am next Saturday, 1st October. We have our book, a First Edition, in honour of…
When I met up with Lesley Bennett in the Netherlands this summer, she kindly allowed me to take copies of the snaps she took while filming ‘Swallows and Amazons’ (1974) on location…
In the feature film ‘Swallows and Amazons’ (1974) the part of Peggy Blackett was played by Lesley Bennett. She was an experienced dingy sailor and enjoyed …
When the original feature film of ‘Swallows & Amazons’ was made in 1973, Peggy Blackett was played by Lesley Bennett. She can be seen here on location at Bank Ground Farm above Coniston Water in the Lake District. For the …
Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society and “Titty Walker” in the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, spent a week sailing Nancy Blackett in Dutch waters earlier…