We're always saying that nudity ought to feature more in mainstream, day to day entertainment...
Andrew Mackintosh is an actor (and Naturist) best known for his long-term role as DS Alistair Greig on The Bill. He's also a writer and has recently released a new dramatized podcast based upon a novel he wrote some years ago.
“Letter from Helvetica” is a humorous, epistolary novel that takes the form of emails exchanged between Abigail Wesley, a talented young botanist from Surrey who has travelled with her young family to Vanuatu in the South Pacific for a year-long research project, and her Uncle John, an acerbic retired Lieutenant Colonel who lives in the fictitious village of Helvetica in Cornwall. Female roles are taken by another actress, also from The Bill, Natalie Roles.
The story focuses, in part, on why we choose to wear clothes when they offer no discernible benefit, and why certain societies regard particular parts of the body as taboo, without there necessarily being much logic involved. For instance, as the narrative unfolds, the Wesley family, already relaxed about nudity, conclude that clothing is unnecessary on a South Pacific Island and largely choose to go without as does a housekeeper in a Cornish village.
Next Monday, 17th July, I'll have the pleasure of taking to Andrew about the project and his interest in Naturism. We hope Natalie will be available too.
Join on the night from the BN shop - and catch up with the podcast in all the usual places with more information at https://letterfromhelvetica.com/