Next month’s Essex Book Festival will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Arthur Ransome’s “Secret Water” with a very special event in Harwich on Sunday 3rd March. Peter Willis, Sophie…
Arthur Ransome’s “Old Peter’s Russian Tales” will be brought to life on stage in Swansea for one day only this month – on Saturday 24th November. Dramatised by D.J. Britton as “Once Upon a Time, Deep in the Forest”, and directed by Gilly Adams, this free event has been organised by Swansea University as part…
Swallow, the restored dinghy from the original “Swallows and Amazons” movie, made a special appearance in the annual Kendal Torchlight Procession on Friday (14th September). The theme this year was…
Swallow, the famous dinghy from the original “Swallows and Amazons” movie, made a special appearance at the Kendal Torchlight Procession yesterday (14th September).
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…
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett’s visited London on Friday 10th August. See the photo album of her trip below.
Last weekend Arnside Sailing Club hosted a Swallows and Amazons weekend, arranged by the Arthur Ransome Trust, where visitors were able to sail in Peggy Blackett, a replica of Arthur Ransome’s Coch-y-bonddhu.
Watch our new video below of Nancy Blackett’s arrival in London last Friday (10th August), and see more about her visit here…
One original Arthur Ransome boat, and one replica, will be viewable at opposite ends of the country today and this weekend respectively…