The Globe & Laurel
Every two months the Globe & Laurel dispatch over 12,500 copies world-wide, to keep past, present and future Royal Marines up to date with what is happening in today’s Corps. On average the magazine has 88 pages, including reports from all major units, ships’ detachments, reserves, cadets and Association branches, as well as reports on reunions, families pages, ‘Around the Messes’, Corps Sport and much, much more.
Anyone wishing to subscribe to The Globe & Laurel may do so using the form on this website.
Staff and Contacts
Editor: Capt J Hillier MBE RM Mil 93832 7208 (023 9254 7208)
Email: royalsmag@btconnect.com
Secretary: WO2 L C Cullen RM Mil 93832 7209 (023 9254 7209)
Email: secretary.royalsmag@btconnect.com
Asst Secretary: Trudy Hope-Clarke Mil 93832 7209 (023 9254 7209)
Email: trudy.royalsmag@btconnect.com
Additional civilian telephone: 023 9265 1305
Guide For Contributors
Copy for The Globe & Laurel should be typed, with margins of about 1 inch, in normal upper and lower case lettering, NOT IN BLOCK CAPITALS. If using a word processor, please use the best quality type the printer can produce, ensuring that the text can be easily scanned. Articles may be sent on a disk by post to the address below or as an email to: royalsmag@btconnect.com
Please ensure that the text is either sent as a ‘Word’ attachment or in the main body of the email message. Please do not send text in any other format as this cannot be used. Photographs may be forwarded in hard copy, on disc or as attachments to your email. However, please ensure that they have been saved in the highest quality JPEG or TIFF format. Please do not mix pictures and text within the same attachment - or embed pictures in ‘Word’ documents – as they cannot be reproduced for publication.
Please avoid excessive use of abbreviations. If an abbreviation is unlikely to be known by most readers, serving or retired, the words should be written in full initially, followed by the abbreviation, in brackets. After that the abbreviation may be used on its own. Photographs may be black and white, colour prints or digital images. A picture that is considered suitable as a front or back cover should be a large colour print or a large resolution digital image, preferably the size of the cover (A4). Do not send negatives as we do not have developing/printing facilities or digitally reproduced pictures, which cannot be scanned because of their dot pattern – please send a copy of the original digital image file. Hard copy photographs should be captioned on the back (preferably using a stick-on label - do not write on the back of the print itself). Initials should be included, with names and ranks of those shown receiving decorations, awards, trophies etc. Please pack photographs so that wet ink or other substances do not rub off on the surface; pack them face to face, back to back and include some stiff backing. Photographs will be returned if requested, otherwise they are passed on to the Corps Museum Photographic Library, who will select photographs considered to be of historic interest for retention.
Finally - please forward your material to us by the deadline: the first working day of every odd-numbered month (January, March, May, July, September) and, for the November/December issue, the last Monday in October, allowing us time for the journal to be despatched prior to Christmas.
Please use the details below for information regarding the Globe & Laurel Magazine:
The Secretary
The Globe and Laurel
HMS Excellent
Whale Island
Portsmouth
PO2 8ER
Telephone (023) 9254 7209 (Mil 93832 7209)
email: secretary.royalsmag@btconnect.com (Dii: Fleet-G&L Secretary)
Subscriptions: UK £12.00 Europe & Republic of Ireland £21.00 Rest of World £30.00
To download the Globe & Laurel Application Form click HERE