Britain is Great

This year has been a big one for our country. Our lovely Queen has been on the throne for sixty years and we are shortly due to host the Olympics.

However there is more to Britain than Yorkshire puddings and red telephone boxes (unfortunately) and not all of us find "Keep calm and eat cake" posters relevant (here it is our mantra). Outsiders see us as advocates solely of afternoon tea, but what about those times you've watched Wimbledon with a litre of gin or enjoyed a good ale in your local? Just us? We don't think so.  Not all of the UK consists of quaint countryside villages with thatched cottages. What about the cities? And we don't just mean London, but cities all over Britain that were built on industry with the help of the working class man. Cities that are now filled with empty shop fronts and tower blocks.

Lumi wants to discover the REAL Britain, no matter how shabby it is.

Here at Lumi we want to produce an anthology of writing about the many diverse places of the UK, with the theme "Hometown". We want people up and down the nation to write about their hometown, whether it be Brixton or Bristol, Salford or Sheffield. It can be fiction, fact, journalism, poetry. 

The word limit is 2000 words and the deadline is the 15th August. All submissions should be sent to Editorlumi@gmail.com.