Tag Archives: Arthur Ransome

Patterans!

Today was probably the first warm day of May and very timely it was too for a meeting of The Arthur Ransome Society on the beautiful Ashridge Estate.  The event was ‘Picnic, parley and patterans’ and, after the picnicking and the parleying, … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Mr Ransome!

On Sunday, I had the very great pleasure of being the guest speaker at a lunch held by The Arthur Ransome Society to celebrate the great man’s birthday.  It was held at the Norfolk Arms in Arundel – a fabulous … Continue reading

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March 2009

I was out and about a lot this month. First, there was a writers’ day in London when I met lovely author Sam Mills who is staring in a film adaptation of her amazing children’s book, The Boys Who Saved … Continue reading

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