Talk: Swallows and Amazons and the Russian Revolution

After the success of his talk last year, Martin Radford is returning to share another aspect of his historical research.

This is an account of the extraordinary life of Arthur Ransome before he started writing the Swallows and Amazons books. Amongst other adventures, he was sued by Oscar Wilde's lover, worked as a newspaper reporter in St Petersburg during the Russian Revolution, and eloped with Trotsky's secretary.

Join us for a warm, enlightening talk at 2.30pm, Wisdom House, Romsey.