http://www.bn.org.uk/articles.php/_/information/magazine/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:02 +0000 43200 Articles and information from the BN Magazine http://www.bn.org.uk/articles.php/_/information/magazine/british-naturism-magazine-bn188-summer-2011-r42
We have the first, very important, details of how to book for this year's BN Alton Towers Naturist Weekend. More than ever before, we need your help to make sure this event stays at the forefront of BN's Big Days Out calendar, so don't delay - book NOW!

We look back to BN's big weekend in Blackpool and forward to the first-ever week-long Nudefest at Newperran in Cornwall, while there are full details of how you can get involved in the first Great British Skinny Dip.

Our Unsung Hero in this edition is a motorcyclist, church organist - and secretary of one of BN's most thriving regions. His story makes fascinating reading.

We go back into the history of our lifestyle and find out how the mother of a famous 1950s naturist decided to shed her clothes and her inhibitions.

Travel focuses on Southern Europe and the UK, with a look at the very best naturist accommodation and beaches on the Algarve and the campsite in Montenegro where the owners are intent on being green, as well as helping their guests turn brown all over.

All this together with a look at one of BN's most popular Special Interest Groups, What's On and Big Days Out, club reports, swim and sauna listings.


Don't forget that the magazine and recent past issues are also available for BN members to download in the members' area.]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:12:23 +0000 a8baa56554f96369ab93e4f3bb068c22 http://www.bn.org.uk/articles.php/_/information/magazine/british-naturism-magazine-bn189-autumn-2011-r41
We look back to the biggest and busiest Nudefest ever, with all the action and some great pictures from a terrific week, as well as reporting on the first Great British Skinny Dip weekend. Wouldn't it be great to think that GBSD could grow to be just as successful and popular as Nudefest and bring just as many new faces into naturism?

Talking of new adventures, Clive Edwards reports from Fuerteventura on the first BN Members Holiday - a fine example of where a BN member was willing to take on a project and saw it through to a winning finale.

Cathryn Jiggens concludes her look at naturism and tantra while Howard Anderson has some advice for those of us who prefer to practice our naturism at home, rather than in the clubs.

Our travel features this time focus on long-haul destinations as far apart as the Caribbean and New Zealand while nearer to home, we have all the action from a busy summer of Big Days Out.

Young British Naturists take us to the INF Youth Rally in the south of France and BN's International Officer, Marion Damen, reports from the EuNat Conference in Sweden.

All this together with our comprehensive list of What's On, club reports, swim and sauna listings.

Don't forget that the magazine and recent past issues are also available for BN members to download in the members' area.]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:09:01 +0000 0f28b5d49b3020afeecd95b4009adf4c http://www.bn.org.uk/articles.php/_/information/magazine/british-naturism-magazine-how-to-submit-conte-r39 How to contribute to the Magazine
The best way to make a submission is to use the email address magazine@bn.org.uk. Alternatively, please send items to CCBN head office (address here), preferably on CD, although floppy disks are acceptable. Microsoft Word is the preferred format for written pieces. Please ensure that digital photographs are 150dpi or larger. Please send pictures separately and not within your text document. As a last resort, please send your contribution on paper, typed if you can. Printed photographs are also acceptable, of course.

All contributions, including photographs, submitted to BN are sent at the owner’s risk and, whilst every care is taken, neither the publishers nor their agents accept liability for loss or damage. Receipt is not normally acknowledged for posted submissions unless a stamped, addressed envelope is enclosed. Photographs should bear the photographer’s name and address, and be accompanied by authorisation to publish signed by all recognisable therein. Our photographer’s model release form is available on request and can also be downloaded from here.

We do not normally publish contributions that do not carry the author’s name, but we are prepared to withhold this if really necessary. Contributions sent anonymously or over false names will be ignored. The editor reserves the right to shorten or amend any item and to refuse or modify any advertisement without giving a reason. No guarantee is given that any advertisement will be inserted in a specified issue, or at all, though every effort will be made to meet advertisers’ wishes. Whilst we are always pleased to receive comments on readers’ letters, with a view to publication, for organisational reasons it is not always possible to forward mail to our contributors.

For display advertising enquiries, please contact Debbie Knowlson (contact details are here.

Disclaimer: Whilst the magazine is concerned with BN’s activities, it also affords a platform for wider views. Opinions expressed editorially or by contributors do not necessarily represent the views of BN, nor is BN responsible for claims made in advertisements.

How to get Editorial
We welcome articles and news items from naturist resorts and other naturist businesses – we feel it is important to provide comprehensive information on the naturist world to our readers, especially when new things are happening.

There is no charge for publishing editorial content but please help us to plan our future issues by asking for something to be included as early as possible.

Travel features can run outside the specified issue, if space allows. We also have a news page called “In Brief” where smaller articles or items of interest can be published.

We cannot guarantee that items submitted will be published, nor in the place in the magazine you ask for, but we will always do our best to comply with any individual requests. Articles will not be published without pictures, and in the same way, pictures will not be published without text to accompany them.

We want BN to contain as many pictures with happy, naked people enjoying the sun and your facilities as possible. Please send a selection if you can for us to make a choice. If you are the owner or operator writing the article yourself, it’s beneficial to have a picture of you. This can be nude or not, head and shoulders or full body.

We do hope that you will help our business generally by taking advertising space but we don’t insist on it before running editorial items. We also don’t do “advertorials” in which paid-for adverts appear as editorial features. British Naturism is a volunteer organisation so we can’t pay for any articles or pictures supplied. Contact details are always included in editorial items so that interested readers can contact you.

We insist on feature articles, such as holiday reports, being written by happy guests and not the owner or operator. However, in order to bring a new place or business to the attention of our readers, we will publish an article written by the owner or operator on one occasion.

Please contact BN’s Commercial Manager Andrew Welch for further information and to discuss time scales, word length, method of submission etc. and Debbie Knowlson for advertising queries and advice – contact details here.

Magazine submission deadlines
BN magazine is published four times a year – here are the publication deadlines:

• Spring – web publication in last week of February, postal distribution in second week of March, deadline for submissions January 1st.
  
• Summer – web publication in last week of May, postal distribution in second week of June, deadline for submissions April 1st.
  
• Autumn – web publication in last week of August, postal distribution in second week of September, deadline for submissions July 1st.
  
• Winter – web publication in last week of November, postal distribution in second week of December, deadline for submissions October 1st.

Please note that these are the FINAL dates – please send to us as soon as you can. It is useful if you send a note or email in advance to let us know that you are planning to send or produce something for consideration.

For resorts, or other holiday places, we run a special travel feature in each issue. Contact details can be found on this page.

Next Mini-Features
In each issue of the magazine we will feature travel and holiday articles on a specific part of the world – if you’d like to make a contribution, here’s the schedule:

• Spring – Spain and her islands (Balearics and Canaries);
  
• Summer – southern Europe and the UK;
  
• Autumn – Long-haul destinations and northern Europe;
  
• Winter – France and “off the beaten track” – places where you have found naturism in unexpected corners of the world.

Deadline and publication dates can be found below so get writing and send the best of your pictures, too. We will receive articles at any time, so don’t wait until just before the appropriate issue to send yours in – in fact for planning purposes, the earlier the better.

To keep the magazine as balanced as possible, we will try to have travel reports outside of the “special” feature in each issue, so if your article does not appear in the issue you have planned it for, don’t worry, it doesn’t follow that it has been abandoned!

If you have any queries, or would like guidance on writing a suitable article, please contact us on magazine@bn.org.uk, or call head Office.]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:40:43 +0000 e00da03b685a0dd18fb6a08af0923de0 http://www.bn.org.uk/articles.php/_/information/magazine/british-naturism-magazine-bn190-winter-2011-r38
We have our first-ever national convention coming soon, as well. As we reveal in BN 190, this will be a conference and training weekend which replaces the annual clubs and regions meeting and which we hope will give members something different to look forward to.

There are details of the big BN events including Blackpool and another week-long Nudefest, while we have a first glance at the programme of Big Days Out for next summer.

Our travel section covers France and some diverse venues in Northern Europe such as Lithuania and Denmark, while BN’s clubs have been busy writing reports about their 2011 seasons - there is plenty to report!

Our features section includes former BN official photographer Bill Richards on how he went to some extraordinary heights to get a nude picture, while there is also some good advice on how to get your naturist holiday photographs digitally printed by the High Street chains.

All this together with our comprehensive list of What's On, club reports, swim and sauna listings.

Don't forget that the magazine and recent past issues are also available for BN members to download in the members' area.]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:17:47 +0000 013d407166ec4fa56eb1e1f8cbe183b9