Our monthly leisure magazine Progress was originally launched in 1881, and was RNIB's first braille magazine. It's a great read and includes a recipe supplement, a short story, a popular science question and answer section, a crossword, people and places in the news, and lots more.
How to order
Progress is available monthly on subscription in braille (uncontracted - Grade 1 and contracted - Grade 2), electronically, and on DAISY audio CD, price 74p per issue. To order Progress, contact RNIB on 0303 123 9999 or email shop@rnib.org.uk
Find penfriends!
Make new friends or catch up with old ones, at home and abroad. To place a request for penpals in the next available issue of Progress, contact the Editor at editorial@rnib.org.uk. Readers will then contact you direct.
In this issue - May 2013
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A life in the day: Sir Terry Leahy
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Always read the label
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Designed for life
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Britain in a basket: How the cost of living can be measured by our
weekly shop
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Unwrecked England - Stoke Bruerne.
BBC Proms 2013
Booking for the world's greatest classical music festival has now begun, and our BBC Proms guides are now available listing all the concerts from the First Night (12 July) to the last (7 September).
Whether you want to attend in person or plan your listening from the comfort of your own sofa, our Proms Guides have everything a music lover needs to get the best from the 119th Proms.
Choose braille or audio CD and fill your diary with the dates you don't want to miss. The guides come in two volumes: Concert list and booking info, braille (TC 20413), audio CD (TC 21087 CD); and Articles and index, braille (TC 20414), audio CD (TC 21088 CD). Volumes are £3.25 each and can be ordered from the Helpline on 0303 123 9999 or online For a copy of the large print Guide, please contact Una-Frances Clarke, BBC Proms Sub-Editor, on 020 7765 3260 or by email to una-frances.clarke@bbc.co.uk or access more information online by visiting BBC Proms website.
Contact us
To contact us about the content of Progress, email editorial@rnib.org.uk or write to us in braille or print to:
RNIB Editorial Department
PO Box 173
Peterborough
PE2 6WS