An italian winter

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Being snowed in meant that Luca and his grandad would have to make their own entert

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The People's Friend Special Magazine

8 February 2023

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A sense of belonging

POSTERS for a touring circus blossomed in shop windows, and on any vacant stretch of boarding. Some were pasted on top of other posters, from many seasons ago. They were a snowstorm of colour to catch

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On the road with rosie

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Running wild

I’D just let Joey, my young Labrador, off the lead when I saw Spike for the first time. It was early; the grass was drenched in dew and there were few people about. He was a powerful-looking man stand

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