On Saturday 13th of May, Sophie will be opening the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree in Suffolk, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Nancy Blackett Trust.
On Saturday 13th May members of the Nancy Blackett Trust have asked me to open the Arthur Ransome Jamboree 2017 at Pin Mill in Suffolk at 12.00 noon.
A vintage cinema bus, jamboree and literary festival are just some of the activities booked for a bumper programme of events coming to the Shotley peninsula this summer.
Would you like to be involved in a marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons ?
Fans of Arthur Ransome who want to take part in a marathon reading of the classic Lake District story Swallows and Amazons can now volunteer via a new website. The site, www.ifnotduffers.org , invites readers to choose from a list of chapters for the …
A MILNTHORPE business will be ensuring thirsts are quenched at a marathon read this summer. Clocktower, a kitchen appliance firm, will be at the Swallows and Amazons read at Coniston, providing a supply of tea and coffee for the team of readers and …
This year’s Grand Prize Awards, determined by votes from audience members age 18 and younger, went to the UK live-action feature Swallows and Amazons by Philippa Lowthorpe (adapted from the novels by Arthur Ransome), and animated short film …
The Swallows and Amazons marathon at Coniston this summer is to be sponsored by a team who will keep the kettle boiling for the readers…
A DESCENDANT of a much loved poet is to join the marathon reading of a classic children’s story. Christopher Wordsworth, the great great great great grandson of William Wordsworth, will read a chapter of Swallows and Amazons this summer at Coniston.
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The home of the Brontës, Yorkshire, came a close second, and the North West was third thanks to Beatrix Potter and Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons . To mark World Book Day on 2 March, Visit England has created a map highlighting some of the …