Love’s lost and found

“Is interrupting discourse by repeated kisses rude and unmannerly and more apt to create aversion than love?” This question, asked anonymously, appeared in October 1691 in the Athenian Mercury, a Lond

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre

THE People’s Friend” has always made an effort to cover a wide array of topics. We can see this right from its earliest days. Content published in the magazine throughout 1887 shows that we were just

The Great Exchange: Making the News in Early ...

Our pick of your best letters and some wise words from our favourite stars…

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