The People's Friend Special - 13 Aug 2025
MOST BEAUTIFUL STREETS
STAGE fright
Why no two days are the same for event planners
“SOMETIMES PEOPLE LEAN ON ME”
75 YEARS of VW campers
Underneath The Chestnut Tree
Trouble In The Hothouse
Swings And Roundabouts
The Farmer And His Goat
The Cat’s Meow
Under The Tuscan Sun
For The Birds
Breathing Space
Find The Beat
Word On The Street
Where There’s Life
A Date In Blackpool
Weather It Together
The Coast Is Clear!
A Slice Of Betrayal
Still As A Statue
Pack It Up!
Taking Flight
In Full Swing
Taking Paws
Douglas McPherson sinks his fangs into the entertaining history of Hammer horror
At the World Garden, Gillian Thornton meets plant collector Tom Hart Dyke
Richard Webber marks the VW Campervan’s 75th anniversary and chats to owners
Sophie McVinnie spends a short break in Northern Ireland’s lively capital
Julianne Robertson learns about a fresh new approach to funeral floristry
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF: Living Statue Izabela Radcliffe
Bill Gibb shares secrets of Historic England’s unusual buildings
Bill Gibb tells us about events planner Debbie Marks’s exciting role
Laura Coventry leads us through the world’s most beautiful streets
CRAFT: Make mini memories with these stamp quilts
Douglas McPherson discovers London’s cabmen’s shelters
8-PAGE MINIMAG: Stage Fright
COOKERY: Skippy peanut butter recipes
Look On The Bright
Side with Laura Brown
Our Next Special and Puzzle Answers
Living The Green Life
Polly Pullar invites us into her garden hide
Poetry by Dawn Lawrence
Poetry by Iris Hesselden
Poetry by Pamela Blood
Poetry by Sharon Haston
Poetry by Daniel Reilly
Books We’re Loving
Learn To Speak Cat
Brainteasers
Weather It Together
Look On The BRIGHT SIDE!
Spot On
Crystal Clear
Making Waves
What A Scoop!
Calm Down
Find The Beat
Hidden HERITAGE GEMS
Hidden HERITAGE GEMS
Join The Missing Pieces Project
Trouble In The Hothouse
Still As A Statue
A Pit Stop in BELFAST
A Pit Stop in BELFAST
fun FACTS •The Obel Tower is Ireland’s tallest building at eightyfive metres tall. And it’s located in Belfast!
In Full Swing
FREEZING FOOD IN GLASS JARS
Living the GREEN LIFE
Elk In The East?
Toads are back!
BANANAS UNDER THREAT
Bugs Really Do Matter
5 THINGS TO DO WITH WORN-OUT CLOTHES
The Coast Is Clear!
SUMMER’S END
Under The Tuscan Sun
Roadside RESTS
Want To Know More?
Taking Flight
SKIPPY INTO SUMMER
Frozen Peanutty Pops
Grilled Peanut Butter Chicken
Peanut Butter Piña Colada Mocktail
For The Birds
Set in 1892
MOWING THE LAWN
My Quiet Garden Corner
The Cat’s Meow
Stage Fright
Underneath The Chestnut Tree
RELAX
“Something you will remember for ever”
“Something you will remember for ever”
Taking Paws
“We want to get people TALKING ABOUT IT”
Find a FLORIST
Breathing Space
ST ALBAN WISHES TO DIE IN THE FIELD
Beautiful STREETS
We join Laura Coventry on a trip along these top thoroughfares.
Getsemani
Main Street
Luis de Camões Street
Burano
Main Street
Ocean Drive
Liston Promenade
Victoria Street
Champs-Élysées
Oxford Street
Beautiful STREET
Pack It Up!
To Rough It A Little”
To Rough It A Little”
Factfile:
Word On The Street
Seventy Years Of SCARES
Seventy Years Of SCARES
Lurid Ladies
Swings And Roundabouts
A Riot Of COLOUR And Texture
A Riot Of COLOUR And Texture
Want To Know More?
The Farmer And His Goat
Mini Memoriesries
A Date In Blackpool
LOVING
OCEAN: EARTH’S LAST WILDERNESS
A Slice Of Betrayal
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Totalized
Where There’s Life
A PARK FOR ALL SEASONS
“Sometimes people lean on me, thinking I’m a real statue!”
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