I live in a naturist camp just outside the M25 with 50 people who are nude all day!“I can be nude any time I want.” Tom Dryer-Beers is talking to “Nude Is Normal” about his life at Spielplatz , the UK’s longest-operating naturist resort that’s situated just off the M25 in the village of Bricket […]
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Following on from my recent blog post about spending as much time as possible in the nude, I started thinking about something rather unexpected. In that earlier article I acknowledged that, for many naturists, being nude all the time simply isn’t possible. Work, shopping, travelling, social expectations and, in some places, the law all mean
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One of the reasons I was drawn to naturism is its emphasis on respect. Respect for other people.Respect for ourselves.Respect for the environment. If you visit almost any naturist website or read any naturist publication, you’ll find these values at the heart of what we do. The INF-FNI, the international organisation for naturism, lists respect
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The weather has been unusually warm in the UK over the last few weeks. Clear blue skies and daytime highs of 30°C (86°F for our American friends—though perhaps it’s time the USA joined the rest of the world and embraced Celsius!). When I was a teenager in the 1970s, if the temperature reached 26°C (79°F),
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H&E Naturist Magazine, one of the last remaining paper publications for naturists, has just changed hands. The new owners, EJS Communications Ltd, are making some big changes. Gone are the slightly — OK, very — dubious “adult” personal adverts and, in the really big change, the magazine is going digital-only. As I write this on
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British Naturism are planning a major artistic project for autumn 2026 in partnership with internationally renowned photographer Angelo Musco. This ambitious photographic collaboration will explore humanity, connection, and acceptance of the nude form, pushing creative and emotional boundaries through collective body sculpture. The location is London, UK sometime in October 2026. The project will bring
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Reclaiming the Breast as a Site of Knowledge, Not Shame At first glance, #bOObs might look like a provocation. The title is playful, slightlyconfrontational, and deliberately disarming. But spend a little time with the project andit becomes clear that this is not about shock for its own sake. It is about health,visibility, and the stubborn
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Huck magazine reports from inside one of the UK’s last nudist communities. “Clothing is conformity” — Peaking in popularity in the mid-20th century, the alternative lifestyle movement, which promises freedom from traditional societal expectations, faces extinction as self-image anxiety rises and technologies change.To quote Grant, a resident: “Naturism is about the freedom to live the way
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is a 2023 Estonian documentary by film maker Anna Hints that unfolds within the intimate, mist-shrouded world of a traditional smoke sauna deep in the forests of southern Estonia. The film gathers a group of women who come together to bathe, sweat, and share their most personal stories — of love, loss,
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A statue honouring Monty Python’s Terry Jones as the “Nude Organist” is set to grace the seafront of his hometown, Colwyn Bay, next April. The tribute, titled A Python On The Prom, was created by sculptor Nick Elphick in collaboration with Jones’s family, fellow Pythons Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, and local supporters. Fans worldwide
