From the Westmorland Gazette ARTHUR Ransome is best known as the author of Swallows and Amazons. The much-loved children’s series of books captured an idyllic childhood that was set mainly in the Furness fells and enchanting waters around Coniston – the author’s life-long spiritual home. However, in his autobiography, Ransome admits that he felt that he had lived through “snatches of a dozen lives.” One such period of Ransome’s life was lived between 1917 and 1924, from the Russian Revolutions until the death… Read the full story… Continue reading From Coniston to the Kremlin is absorbing chapter in the life of a fascinating fellow
Shayla and Jonathan Batty, owners of Bank Ground Farm, in Coniston, created the challenge asking people for poems about their home, or Swallows and Amazons. the classic children’s story with strong connections to their farm. The winner was 73-year-old … Continue reading Swallows and Amazons fan from New Zealand wins Lake District poetry competition
She said: “One day when I was seven my Mum got out Swallows and Amazons. I point blank refused to listen to mum read the book. I thought it would be boring! But mum made me listen, and before long I was pleading to Mum to carry on. I thought it was … Continue reading Lakes poetry contest draws winners from around the world
Swallows & Amazons Four children (The Swallows ) go on a sailing adventure to an island where they encounter a rival group of kids (The Amazons ). Rivalry quickly turns to comradery when pirates threaten all they hold dear. Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald … Continue reading On Demand DVD New Releases: July 10-16
For the last time this week, Nancy Blackett’s current crew waved a tearful goodbye to Veere’s excellent croissant shop, writes Nick Ardagh-Walter… The croissant shop is set amongst… Continue reading Nancy Blackett: Farewell to Veere, Motoring to Middelburg
In these days of special effects- driven blockbusters and graphic R-rated video games, Swallows and Amazons cannot really compete – and it does not want to. While it does deliver an action sequence in the finale, featuring boats and a seaplane, kids … Continue reading Film review: Swallows and Amazons is an old-fashioned adventure for children
Celebrate Swallows and Amazons this summer with this pair of highly collectable decorative mugs. Made in England from fine bone china, these beaker-style mugs have… Continue reading Celebrate Swallows and Amazons With These Collectable Beaker-style Mugs
Wednesday got off to a sodden start for Nancy Blackett and her crew, as Nick Ardagh-Walter reveals… There was solid, heavy rain for about 16 hours, throughout the night and morning, together… Continue reading Nancy Blackett and the Deluge
If anyone gets swept up in “Swallows and Amazons ,” a kids’ adventure with an unapologetically old-fashioned Bobbsey Twins vibe, it will be very young moviegoers. Their grown-ups will at least get a break from frenetic cartoons, along with lovely views … Continue reading British family adventure ‘Swallows and Amazons’ awkwardly pines for simpler times