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BRITAIN CALLING
NEWSLETTER
August 2015
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Welcome to the August issue of BritainCalling; this
month we bring you the new edition of our Shopping is GREAT guide,
packed with story ideas that will inspire you to explore shopping in
Britain. We also look at the new destinations that will be playing in
the Barclays Premier League next season; where London's Night Tube will
take you when it launches this September; how Wales is celebrating Roald
Dahl's centenary in 2016; and what you'll see when you buy tickets for
the new Borders Railway in Scotland!
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Shopping is GREAT – updated guide
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A new
edition of Shopping is GREAT guide has been put together for
international media. Now in its fourth edition, it has grown to 112
pages of new and updated story ideas and information designed to inspire
you to explore, and write about, shopping in Britain. Some of the new
highlights include: Clothes with a conscience - follow our guide to
British stores and brands selling covetable clothing that makes the
world a better place; Kings and Queens of cool - Britain's trendiest
streets and neighbourhoods; the unique, unusual, quirky: where to find
specialist shops in Britain; and Make it, then take it home - there are
many places to buy a gift to take home for loved ones, but why not go
that one step further and make your own?
Download these stories, and much much more, here
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Barclays Premier League kicks off
on 8 August
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We’re
looking forward to the kick off of the new Barclays Premier League
season next month; as well as the opportunity to watch the crème de la
crème of English and Welsh football (Scotland has its own league), the
new season is also the perfect chance to visit the clubs' destinations.
Reaching from the far north-east of England (Newcastle) to the south of
Wales (Swansea), over to London and across to the hip cities of
north-west England (Manchester and Liverpool), following Barclays
Premier League football also means discovering some of Britain's most
exciting cities. Each season the Barclays Premier League welcomes three
newly promoted clubs to its ranks and joining the 2015/16 season are
Watford, Norwich City and AFC Bournemouth. Find out more about these
destinations here.
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Late-night London comes to life
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From 12
September travellers in central and greater London will be able to
travel across the city on five of the major underground Tube lines 24
hours a day from 5am Friday till midnight on Sunday from 12 September.
Find out here which lines will be operating and read more here
about the capital's late-night dining, drinking, clubbing and hot-spots
from north to south, east to west of the capital. Discover more here about where to go for 24-hour dining if you’re hungry after a night out!
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Wales unveils programme for Roald Dahl’s centenary in 2016
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Wales has
announced its programme of events to celebrate the centenary of
Welsh-born author and one of the world's number one storytellers, Roald
Dahl, in 2016. The Welsh Government, National Theatre Wales, Wales
Millennium Centre and Literature Wales have announced the Wales
programme of events to celebrate the centenary. The announcement was
made at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff, where Roald Dahl was baptised
and which always remained close to the author's heart. Read more on how
to celebrate here.
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Tickets for Scotland's Borders Railway on sale
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If you
want to know more about Scotland's newest scenic railway, the Borders
Railway, which will take passengers on picturesque journeys into one of
Europe's most unspoilt regions from 6 September 2015, read on here.
A big draw for visitors will be the attractions and landscapes
associated with novelist Sir Walter Scott and his writings. Delving deep
into ‘Scott country', visitors can start their journey at the Sir
Walter Scott monument in Edinburgh and then travel the 30-mile route of
the Borders Railway, taking in the scenery that inspired Scott's
greatest poems and novels, ending at Tweedbank, just a short distance
from his beloved Abbotsford House.
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