“…the mate and the able-seaman did some washing up… The captain and the boy took the telescope and found a high place… ‘Supposing Susan and Titty were here alone, while you and I had gone fishing… we should know something was the matter, and come back to help.’” I’m watching you, Ransome…
While speaking to the 14-year-old at the 13th Dubai International Film Festival, she admitted to considering the 2016 movie Swallows and Amazons, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, as one that catapulted her to new heights in Hollywood…
Many different editions of Arthur Ransome’s series of “Swallows and Amazons” stories have been published over the years, and we have a selection of the latest Vintage Classics and Red Fox paperbacks available from our Swallows and Amazons shop. The Vintage Classics paperback editions started being released in 2012, and feature a large, clear, easy-to-read typeface, all of…
From Mae Thinks One effect of the multiple layers of reality, the children’s investment in their fictional world, is that it makes these descriptions of eggs and oars and hand-sewn tents seem so realistic by comparison. When I first visited the lake district, at about the age of nine, I saw no reason at all…
There’s always plenty to keep the kids happy during DIFF, and this year’s big family-friendly screening will be Swallows and Amazons , an adaptation of a beloved series of books by Arthur Ransome.
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British sailor Ellen MacArthur was born in landlocked Derbyshire, but developed a fascination for the sport after reading Swallows and Amazons as a child.
Send a unique greeting to your family and friends at any time of year with our range of beautiful greetings cards of Nancy Blackett under sail, available now from our Swallows and Amazons shop, with artwork by marine artist Claudia Myatt. “Woodbridge” Our designs include Nancy Blackett sailing past Pin Mill (from “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”) and Woodbridge…
Let us help you get set for Christmas with this stunning new range of Swallows & Amazons teatowels and fine bone china, now available from our Swallows and Amazons shop. The pure cotton teatowels come in three distinctive designs, all featuring illustrations and motifs from Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons”, including the famous quote about duffers: “Better…
If you have ever wondered why you like Arthur Ransome’s books so much, the answer might just be that he is a better writer than even you realised.
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