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Regular readers will know of the ground-breaking work done by Dr Keon West of Goldsmith's University and how his research showed that being naked boosts self-esteem, happiness and life satisfaction. Last summer, with administrative assistance and some funding from British Naturism, Dr Keon hosted part II of the work and tested whether similar results could be achieved with people who weren't attending a specific nude event or gathering. The results have now been peer reviewed and publi -
The Irish Tourist Board have been doing a grand job promoting nearly 2,000 miles of rugged Atlantic coastline of County Cork. Dubbed “The Wild Atlantic Way” (WAW), it's one of the longest defined coastal routes in the world and it brings in a lot of money from tourism. Along the route are a number of Naturist beaches that Stephen Bolton, from the Irish Naturist Association, believes it’s under exploited. For some time now, Stephen has been trying to get the beaches officially recognise -
Regular readers will know that Kat Harbourne and Jenny Eells from BBC Radio Sheffield are the women behind 'The Naked Podcast', a series of interviews, in which they strip off to interview an also naked guest. The show is now back for its third series and we received the following article from Jenny. Three people. All naked. Huddled closely round two microphones. This may sound like some COVID-19 era nightmare but as The Naked Podcast returns for its third series, we give you an assurance t -
Never mind the Invisible Man, Trina Merry, a New York body-painter can make anything disappear. Houdini did it, David Copperfield (the magician) did it but none of them did it as beautifully as Trina. It doesn't take a breach of the magician's code to reveal the trick because there isn't one. It’s all about skill and art and the right angle and the results are truly stunning. Take a naked model, position them up against a work of art, get the colours just right and and apply them to the skin u -
A nice one from 2019... ‘I've always been one to strip off and jump into water, and have found myself more comfortable with the less I had to wear. Last Summer, more than any before, I found myself on a mission to swim naked in the sea as often, and for as long as into the year, as possible,’ says Ged Deignan It really became a thing with the onset of the long, glorious, hot summer we experienced. I had been able to swim for most of the summer. A friend had joined me on ho -
A super article by Sheryn, from May 2018, but the truth is timeless... Talking to a gym buddy the other week, she asked me where I go to swim and I told her it was at the Naturist Club in our village. She looked at me with amused interest whilst inadvertently covering her clothed chest with both arms in a protective way. This is often the reaction I see when telling another woman. It is as though she believes the very mention of naked swimming makes her clothes see-through and indi -
For those of you who are losing the ability to remember what day it is...it's Friday. And for those of you who are losing their desire to get dressed at all during these crazy times, there's loads of activities to keep you from being bored... Friday - there's naked yoga this afternoon and a member-led quiz* tonight before the Naked Pub opens its doors again Saturday - is World Naked Gardening Day, so take the opportunity to get those essential jobs done wearing sturdy boots, thorn -
Another week passes - a pretty amazing week for British Naturism with another huge increase in new members, ex-members returning and guests from overseas joining our online events. Hosts of all those events have been working naked and none more so than Pam who added to her national newspaper fame last week with radio interviews and yesterday, a TV show. #WorkNakedWednesday has also gone global with people around the world stripping off as they toil. We were delighted to see this t -
Discovering Naturism is often a turning point in people's lives. New Naturists tell us all the time how great they feel, how they now can't imagine life without the opportunity to be happily naked and be part of such a strong, welcoming, non-judgemental community. It's all good...but when it comes to talking about it to others we suddenly get shy and hesitant, worrying about what people will say and what they will think of us. It's not surprising. Decades of social conditioning has made mo -
From February 2017 - but, of course, timeless! Further research has since been carried out. We look forward to bringing you the results! It's what we've been saying for years! Brilliant new research shows that Naturism boosts self-esteem, happiness and life satisfaction. Here's an article from the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4156788/Being-naked-makes-happier-bodies.html ...and the research paper itself http://link.springer.com/article/10.1 -
Here's an article from the USA ('hang out' probably gave it away already) and it's one of the best we've seen. No oh-so-amusing comments about nudity, no playing to the gallery for laughs from readers, no wide-eyed sensationalism about crazy people going without clothes - just a thoroughly sensible piece from someone who clearly thinks like us. Naked at home? Of course! What's the big deal? Seven reasons why you deserve to hang out naked Look out for news coming soon from British Natur -
I always thought that France was one of the better pro-naturist countries. However, the French Naturist Federation has found itself citing BN and British Laws and attitudes to public nudity as being something to admire and they have raised concerns about legal developments in France. They have started a petition and called for crowdfunding to help with their campaign. In February last year, a 22 year old man was sentenced to a year in prison for sunbathing naked on a beach in Carnac, in Jun -
Are you ever at loss wondering to what to do with your lockdown time? Well when Greenpoint resident Amanda Geller was laid off from her job as the wine steward (or “sommelier”) in a Manhattan restaurant, she quickly realised it was an ideal opportunity to spend more time with her lifelong passion - painting. But not just still life in and around the home. No, Amanda, whose most recent art course was figure drawing, asked her friends to send her naked pictures of themselves which she then -
Here's an article from the Summer of 2018, but just as relevant now. Keep an eye out for our celebration of garden nakedness, to be announced soon! Despite the news we announced a few weeks ago confirming that Naturism is perfectly lawful, a number of high-profile publications have come out during the heatwave with nonsense about nude sunbathing. It's misleading, irresponsible and - worst of all - based on a social media post from a year ago. Obviously a slow news week. BN -
This article appeared on the BN website in April 2019. We didn't imagine that we'd add 'deathly viruses' to that list in paragraph 4. Tomorrow night's online discussion will be with Naked Beach's Dr Keon West. Incidentally, it appears that Naked Beach is still available to watch on All4... We’re enjoying Channel 4’s Naked Beach programme. We recommend it if you’ve not seen it, especially if you are not (yet) part of the Naturist community in the UK. There are no spo -
So it's official! Today is #WorkNakedWednesday.... OK - so we made it up! But what an opportunity to give Naturism a try in the comfort of your new workplace - at home! It's perfectly legal to enjoy the sun in your garden too. Give your birthday suit an airing We've all got a body under our clothes - it's nothing to be ashamed of. You're probably not bothering to get fully dressed, if at all, these days, so if you've never tried it, take that extra step today. -
While us well behaved British Naturists are studiously obeying the Corona “lockdown”, others around the globe seem to have a perilously relaxed attitude. President Trump for instance is of the “Do as I say not as I do” school of thought and refuses to wear a facemask due, he says, to having a “beautiful, beautiful resolute desk” in the Whitehouse. According to a report on the Expats Cz website, our fellow naturists in the Czech Republic seem to have similar aversion with or without the b -
With the world in turmoil and facing serious issues, it's a good time for us to realise that the fear that some of us have about telling people what we do on a hot day seem irrelevant by comparison. Anecdotally, we hear that many home-workers (that's pretty much everyone right now) are spending time without bothering to get dressed each day, and, we hope, discovering that far from being shameful, eccentric, ridiculous, embarrassing or dangerous, it's actually rather nice. Here's some tips from 2 -
It might have turned a bit wintry, but the sun's bound to come back...here's an article from 2017 which is just as valid today - especially useful to know when you're stuck at home and wondering if you really are free to dress as you choose... In short - yes! During the heatwave, we’ve seen this question posed across the media and it’s a bit annoying to Naturists that there is even a suggestion that it might not be. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 was carefully worded to exclude Natu -
Nick Mayhew-Smith delved deep into the use of nudity for ancient ritual for his latest book, The Naked Hermit, which is featured on BBC One this spring Laying bare my soul on the summit of a sacred mountain one glorious summer evening has to rank among the most memorable and moving of all my many naked adventures in the great outdoors. I sat in a state of primal innocence on the warm boulders of an Iron Age hillfort and watched the sun slowly sank into the haze of the Irish Sea. It felt lik -
As I write this article, I have been a Naturist for just two months. However, it has been a life transforming two months and what follows is the story of how in just a few short weeks Naturism has taken me on a journey from absolutely hating my own body to the point of not even looking at myself in the mirror getting out of the bath, to feeling completely accepting of myself, lumps, bumps, wobbly bits, and all. In January I went on a date with a lovely man called Peter, w -
So yesterday was not my average Friday! Mark Bass (BN President) and I, headed to London to sit on the This Morning sofa and talk Naturism. Following on from Mark's recent article on hate crime we were asked by This Morning to join them for an interview and phew..... it went really well! Eamonn Holmes and Rochelle Humes were great at interviewing us and took it seriously - interviews can often go one way or the other! We covered hate crime, respect and also body positivity and how Nat -
Jim Hutton writes about his BN Sailing Group flotiilla to Greece last year; For the last three years, the BN Sailing Group has organised a flotilla to Greece. In 2019 we decided for a change to explore the highly rated sailing of the Croatian coast – and we were not disappointed. We found well-equipped marinas, beautiful scenery, quiet bays, and historic ports to visit. My ‘blog’ of our first day’s sailing will give you a feel for it - “Lovely sunny day, with a bit of breeze. All thr -
Corsica really does have something for everyone. There certainly was plenty for us - mountains and warm sea, ancient sites and rugged country, old villages and modernity lurking quietly in the background. Our three-stop fortnight began at La Chiappa, east of Porto Vecchio in the south. The delightful freedom of finally throwing off clothes and our first swims in sparking warm sea after an early flight and the drive down from Bastia. La Chiappa has nearly everything for the two of us. We’d -
At the recent BN Bournemouth weekend we were delighted to welcome Steph Silom from BUZZ, a news website run by the BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism students of the School of Journalism, English and Communication at Bournemouth University. Here is her rather excellent article… https://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/2020/01/is-naturism-the-solution-to-low-body-confidence/
