The People's Friend Special - Issue 224 - Welcome to our new Special, which you may notice looks a little different! In response to reader feedback, we’ve made the decision to increase the size of all our Specials to 100 pages, allowing us to fit in even more of the quality stories and features you love. Alongside an amazing 20 original short stories in every issue, you’ll find new regular features by Laura Brown and Wendy Graham as well as cookery, craft, puzzles, travel and so much more.