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150th Anniversary January 16, 2019

Audio: Memories Of An Editor

This Week's Issue January 15, 2019

Features Sneak Peek: January 19, 2019 issue

150th Anniversary January 13, 2019

Video: 150 Covers In 150 Seconds

150th Anniversary January 13, 2019

Video: 15 Facts For Our 150th!

150th Anniversary January 10, 2019

150th Birthday Party

150th Anniversary January 10, 2019

The Anniversary Cover Painting

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Features Ed Blog January 10, 2019

Read Around

150th Anniversary January 8, 2019

Video: The “Friend” Tea Caddies

This Week's Issue January 8, 2019

Features Sneak Peek: January 12, 2019 issue

150th Anniversary January 7, 2019

Video: History of The People’s Friend Magazine

150th Anniversary January 4, 2019

Angela Introduces the 150th Anniversary Edition

This Week's Issue January 3, 2019

Features Sneak Peek: January 5, 2019 issue

Features Ed Blog January 3, 2019

Winter Wonderland

Features Ed Blog January 1, 2019

New Year’s Day Rituals

150th Anniversary December 25, 2018

Collector’s Edition Mug And Tea Towel

150th Anniversary December 24, 2018

At Home With Charles Dickens

Features Ed Blog December 21, 2018

Behind The Scenes: The Dummy

This Week's Issue December 18, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: December 22 & 29 issue

Meet the Author/Illustrator December 17, 2018

Painting A “Friend” Cover: Graham Bleathman

Features Ed Blog December 17, 2018

Stars Above!

Team Blog December 14, 2018

The Return Of The Cranes

Fiction December 11, 2018

Stocking Filler Idea! “This Is Enid Blyton” Magazine

Features Ed Blog December 10, 2018

Sleep In The Park

Features Ed Blog December 6, 2018

We’re Up For 3 Awards!

This Week's Issue December 4, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: December 8 & 15 issue

Features Ed Blog December 3, 2018

A Bit Of Time Offline

Competitions November 30, 2018

It’s Time For Our Christmas Advent Fiction Competition!

Competitions November 27, 2018

Win 1 Of 5 Copies of Dilly Court’s “The Christmas Rose”!

This Week's Issue November 27, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: December 1, 2018 issue

150th Anniversary November 27, 2018

Bringing History Back To Life

Cookery November 23, 2018

Speedy Pea And Mint Soup

Features Ed Blog November 21, 2018

Growing A Real, Live Christmas Tree

This Week's Issue November 20, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: November 24, 2018 issue

Team Blog November 19, 2018

The “Friend” Christmas Gift Guide

This Week's Issue November 13, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: November 17, 2018 issue

Features Ed Blog November 12, 2018

Christmas In Stitches

Team Blog November 9, 2018

My Grandmother Worked In A Bomb Factory

150th Anniversary November 9, 2018

An Editor’s Wisdom

Features Ed Blog November 8, 2018

Let Sleeping Ladybirds Lie

Cookery November 6, 2018

Beef and Tomato Stew

This Week's Issue November 6, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: November 10, 2018 issue

Book Reviews November 2, 2018

Book Review: Remarkable Village Cricket Grounds

Features Ed Blog November 1, 2018

World Vegan Day

Features Ed Blog October 31, 2018

The Food of Home

This Week's Issue October 30, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: November 3, 2018 issue

Features Ed Blog October 29, 2018

Chatting To Rosamunde Pilcher

This Week's Issue October 23, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: October 27, 2018 issue

Features Ed Blog October 23, 2018

Features Ed Book Review: How To See Nature

Cookery October 17, 2018

Chicken Paprika

This Week's Issue October 16, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: October 20, 2018 issue

Cookery October 15, 2018

Stovies: A Scottish Classic

Features Ed Blog October 11, 2018

5 Places To See Autumn Colours

This Week's Issue October 10, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: October 13, 2018 issue

Writing Tools October 10, 2018

Writing Tools: Pitching Features

Features Ed Blog October 4, 2018

Magfest 2018

This Week's Issue October 2, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: October 6, 2018 issue

Features Ed Blog September 27, 2018

Features Ed Book Review: North Coast Journey

This Week's Issue September 25, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: September 29, 2018 issue

Meet the Author/Illustrator September 24, 2018

Meet The Writer: Dawn Geddes

Travel September 19, 2018

Travelling in The Azores

This Week's Issue September 18, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: September 22, 2018 issue

Writing Tools September 13, 2018

Writing Tools: Photographs

This Week's Issue September 12, 2018

Inspiring Lives: RNLI Rachael

This Week's Issue September 11, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: September 15, 2018 issue

Meet the Author/Illustrator September 10, 2018

Meet The Writer: Neil McAllister

150th Anniversary September 6, 2018

150th Anniversary Edition

Writing Tools September 6, 2018

Writing Tools: Finding the Angle

Cookery September 5, 2018

Memory Soup

This Week's Issue September 4, 2018

Features Sneak Peek: September 8, 2018 issue

Cookery August 29, 2018

Kombucha – Fermented Flavour