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Bold Weekend Stories

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We welcome thoughtful proposals about country weekends, seasonal pastimes, day outings, gatherings and the details that make free time feel well spent. A strong contribution is specific, useful to a general reader and comfortable leaving room for different tastes.

What we welcome

Ideas may explain a custom, compare two ways to spend an afternoon, offer a gentle plan for a particular season, or help readers notice a place or pastime differently. We favour subjects that remain useful without depending on statistics, first-hand product testing or local rules.

A good pitch

Tell us the central question, the reader it would help, the main idea you would leave them with and why the subject suits a country weekend. Include a working title and a brief outline. Please note any relevant experience or sources you would draw on, but do not send confidential information.

Before sending

Please propose original work, identify material that has appeared elsewhere and disclose any relevant commercial connection. We cannot promise publication, and we may shape an accepted idea with a contributor before it is written.

Where to send it

Send proposals through the Contact page and choose the editorial question option. A concise pitch is more helpful than a complete draft at the first approach.

Our way of seeing

A good weekend need not be grand.

We value plans with breathing room, familiar places seen afresh and small pleasures that belong to the season.

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