It seems to me that I have been like a shuttlecock bandied to and fro by lunatics. I seem to have lived not one life but snatches from a dozen different lives. (Arthur Ransome’s Autobiography)
Generations of readers are familiar with one of Arthur Ransome’s 'lives', that of author of his 12 Swallows and Amazons books, but he was also a young Bohemian, writer of folktales, journalist, war reporter, fisherman, secret agent... and a member of the Cruising Association. His books encouraged Dame Ellen MacArthur to sail and Dr David Bellamy to champion conservation.
Arthur Ransome’s literary executor, Paul Flint, will navigate through Ransome’s life, using his many boats as waypoints, and explore some of the places that inspired his books from the Lakes in the North to Pin Mill and the Walton Backwaters and, for good measure, some Dutch courage.
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Date: Wednesday 23 October 2024
Time: 19:00
Place: CA House or, for the webinar broadcast via Zoom, your own home or boat
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Shipwreck, from Arthur Ransome's Swallowdale