Welcome to the Arthur Ransome Trust
Welcome to the Arthur Ransome Trust (ART) website. The Trust is a registered charity (No 1136565) whose main aim is to establish and develop a public centre in the Lake District, dedicated to the life and works of the English author Arthur Ransome (1884-1967). Arthur Ransome is today best known as the author of the 12 Swallows and Amazons novels. Five of these are set on a fictional "Lake in the North", modelled on Coniston Water and Windermere. But there was far more to Ransome's life and works than Swallows and Amazons alone: as well as becoming a classic children's author, he was at various times an essayist, critic, story-teller, bohemian, political journalist, war reporter, sailor, fisherman, amateur diplomat and even a suspected spy, who once wrote that he "seemed to have lived not one life, but snatches from a dozen different lives".
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Setting Sail with Swallows and Amazons
The Swallows and Amazons musical made a great start to its national tour at the Chichester Festival Theatre on Tuesday. The first performance received a very positive audience reaction and the later performances during the week are already sold out.
We are grateful to the Children’s Touring Partnership for taking our Voyages of Discovery display with them on the tour. The display comes in two parts, one introducing Arthur Ransome’s life, the other Swallows and Amazons. Please do look out for it, if you are going to any of the tour venues, and we hope it enhances your enjoyment of the play itself.
Click here to read moreUpdate on Online Donations
We’re pleased to say that our online donation pages at Charity Choice are now working again. You can connect to them here, or by the Charity Choice logo in the sidebar.
Many thanks to the staff at Charity Choice for resolving this matter!
Click here to read moreOnline Donations Via Charity Choice
We’re sorry to say that our online donations service via Charity Choice is currently unavailable. This is due to a recent upgrade in the Charity Choice website, and we are working to re-instate an online donation option as soon as we can. In the meantime our text and postal donation systems are both still available.
Please accept our apologies for any incovenience caused.
Click here to read moreAudience Reactions to Swallows and Amazons
Are you wondering whether to go and see Swallows and Amazons, either at the Vaudeville, or on its 2012 UK tour?
If so, you may find these audience interviews both interesting and informative.
Meanwhile Stagetext advise that tickets for the captioned performance on January 12 are selling fast.
Click here to read moreSwallows and Amazons Gets Five Stars
Swallows and Amazons has opened to strong reviews at the Vaudeville. The Daily Telegraph’s Charles Spencer awarded it five stars, asking readers to tip him the Black Spot, if they manage to find a better family show this festive season.
The show also found approval with the Evening Standard and Official London Theatre, as well as farther field, where the Chicago Tribune looks ahead to say: “Following a four-month U.K. tour, its hugely appealing good humor and heart deserve a return engagement at the very least.”
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Donations
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Donate by text via JustTextGiving: please text ARTR10 £xx to 70070 or go to our Single Donations page for more details.
Donate online via Charity Choice: please click here or on the Logo above to go our dedicated page at the Charity Choice website.
Donate by post using our Response Form or see our Support ART section for further information.
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