Swallows and Amazons: The Syria connection – BBC News – BBC.com – BBC News
The Walker children in Arthur Ransome’s famous book – now a new film – were actually inspired by a family from the Syrian city of Aleppo.
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The majestic world of Swallows and Amazons in the Lake District – Travel story – BT.com
It was the gondola that gave Ransome the idea for Captain Flint’s houseboat in Swallows and Amazons , and extracts from the novel regularly feature in a fascinating commentary, as the passenger boat makes its way around the lake.
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Film reviews round-up: David Brent, Nine Lives, Swallows and Amazons, Childhood of a Leader – The Independent
This new adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s novel evokes a long-lost era in which kids didn’t just spend their days searching for Pokémon or playing Call Of Duty.
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Swallows and Amazons Review – HeyUGuys
If there is one thing guaranteed from bringing Arthur Ransome’s timeless literary classic Swallows and Amazons to the silver screen, it’s the engaging, enchanting narrative.
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Swallows And Amazons Review – Empire
Arthur Ransome’s 1930 novel Swallows And Amazons is a beautiful hymn to childhood innocence, an ode to school holidays, playing pirates on sailing boats, pen knives, grazed knees and a curfew of tea-time.
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The Lake District: The true star of new film Swallows and Amazons – Express.co.uk
For the real star of BBC Films’ Swallows And Amazons is the Lake District and its unbelievably beautiful countryside.
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Swallows and Amazons Competition
To celebrate the new “Swallows and Amazons” film opening in cinemas on 19th August, we’re giving you the chance to win a pile of Swallows and Amazons goodies (pictured), courtesy of Studiocanal.
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Film review: Swallows And Amazons – Express.co.uk
SCHOOL’S out and it’s time to play. What better time to release Swallows And Amazons and inspire children to hunt pirates instead of Pokemon and enjoy traditional pleasures like campfires, sailing and spying on the neighbours.
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Exclusive: On location in Yorkshire with Swallows and Amazons … – Yorkshire Post
Breathless but driven by boundless energy, film producer Nick Barton leads his guest down a narrow gulley enclosed on both sides by ancient rock formations.