Florida's Only Source for Everything British

British people are readers. The land of Shakespeare and Milton and Shaw and Noel Coward has the world's most literate people and the world's most infamous newspapers. All UK newspapers now are available online, of course, but there is no substitute for turning the pages over a cuppa PG Tips and a McVities. Besides, one does not get the whole paper online. Below are some of the papers expats in Florida read and can get mailed direct to their home here.

1) Union Jack British Newspaper is the only national newspaper for Brits living in the USA. There is a Florida column, about and for the British community in the Sunshine State, written by Patricia Kawaja since October 1992. Overall content of UJ is British news and information on everything of interest to British expats in USA -----travel to UK, immigration, British shops to track down the goodies from back home, British pubs, locate English tearooms etc. The paper is popular and widely-read all across Florida. It was established in 1982 by Ron and Jeff Choularton, brothers from Manchester, who settled in San Diego. UJ is printed monthly in California and Florida , with 250,000 readers in all 50 states and 81, 000 readers in Florida. A large percentage of our readers are American Anglophiles with an interest in all things British or who do business with us. View a sample issue of Union Jack News on www.ujnews.com TO SUBSCRIBE: $33 per year mailed anywhere in Florida and USA. For a subscription mailed to UK: $50 Phone UJ's subscription department 1-800-262-7305 from 1-7p.m. Florida time. Pay by VISA/Mastercard over the phone. TO ADVERTISE: Phone Florida Office for advertising rates and deadline in Miami (305) 371-9340 or tollfree 1-877-977-6483.

THE DAILY MAIL and MAIL on SUNDAY. The Daily Mail was always our family newspaper, when I was growing up in Hertfordshire. My mother, sister and I we were all lifelong Tories, Margaret Thatcher fans and avid Mail readers. The Femail section was pounced upon eagerly. As a young woman, I spent happy hours stretched out, munching a Fry's Turkish Delight and enjoying the Mail on the carpet. Later I would derive equal pleasure from a male on the carpet. So I have a particular nostalgic love for the Daily Mail and am thrilled that you can get it in Florida, fresh from the UK publishers via its printing in Florida. I subscribe to the Mail on Sunday which arrives in my Miami mailbox like clockwork. I recommend it unreservedly to Brits all over Florida--Patricia Kawaja. INFO: The Mail is printed every day in Orlando. For your nearest newstand/stockist in the US or for advertising details, please contact fellow Brit Simon Aspery on (407) 719-3105 in Orlando. His email is This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   SUBSCRIPTION: To start a postal subscription to any address in Florida or across the USA phone Charles Carroll on 1-800-624-5274.

THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH is a roundup of articles from the respected Daily Telegraph in London. It's full of in-depth features, analysis, human interest stories and a large section devoted specifically to expats around the world. I subscribe here in Miami and recommend it highly as a bloody good read! The articles are literary, erudite and analytical. Any girl on page 3 of the Telegraph will be in a suit and specs. Reading the WT makes me realise the paucity of great journalism here in the States. There is an insightful feature [submitted by British readers themselves in many countries], called EXPAT LIFE edited by Sarah Melville. This reveals how your expat counterparts live around the world and therefore underscores how great Florida is! I keep meaning to submit an article about expat life in Miami---no time, time, time sigh-------PK View a sample issue on www.expat.telegraph.co.uk TO SUBSCRIBE IN FLORIDA and All USA: Phone 1-800-933-2147 [They will tell you what it costs etc]

THE BEST OF BRITISH is truly the most beautiful British magazine I have ever seen Send for a copy and indulge yourself. If you are over 35 it will be a feast for your British heart. Britain's Magazine of Memories is how the Publisher describes it. This will make you long for the England you knew and the England you wish it could still be, before Blair got his hands on it.  

To subscribe [they will mail the magazine direct to your Florida address] go to website www.bestofbritishmag.co.uk OR email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The magazine is published by Warners Group in Bourne Lincolnshire. Tel. 011441 778 342814

EXPAT INVESTOR MAGAZINE

www.expatinvestor.com They have a free access site and free monthly personal finance publication. PUBLISHED IN THE UK Written with British expats in mind but is also pertinent to international investors. Lots of information on familiar British banks and financial intuitions with offshore operations. Everything from a cheque account to asset management and tax info. Reader friendly – minimum jargon. Excellent resource for Brits in Florida----have a gander at their website.

The Sunday Times, long considered one of the best newspapers in the world,  arrives by plane from UK on Mondays in Florida. The stingy publishers remove the colour magazine first, due to weight. 
You can buy the ST at most Barnes and Noble and Borders bookstores throughout Florida,  which carry UK papers. You'll find them listed by zipcode online by doing a Google Search. Phone each one before driving over. The ST goes fast!  The paper also has a comprehensive website www.sunday-times.co.uk

WHERE TO BUY UK NEWSPAPERS in FLORIDA.  Bookstore chains in all Florida cities,  like Borders and Barnes and Noble sell UK newspapers. Phone your nearest Florida bookshop and ask.  Also most major librraies in Florida [in their Periodicals section] carry a reference copy of the Sunday Times and maybe others.  I know the main library in downtown Miami does.