Reading Between The Lines – the story podcast from The People’s Friend
By DC Thomson
Each episode, we’ll take a look back through over 150 years of fabulous fiction in “The People’s Friend” to pick out a story to read — and then we’ll get together for a wee chat about it. Make yourself a cup of tea, pull up a chair, and come join us.
Latest episode
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”The Moonstone Brooch”
"The Moonstone Brooch" was first published in March 1930. The "strange mystery" gets the teams hopes up, but we end up lost and confused and not in a fun way! A great premise but . . . well written or a bit too daft? If you don’t already get “The Peo… -
”Love’s Ambassador”
In "Love's Ambassador" by Ida May, first published May 1920, Jacky falls a little bit in love with our main love interest! Plus, the episode gets derailed a bit by David's wild PF Editor, David Paye, conspiracy theory . . . If you don’t already get “… -
”A Motor Knight Errant”
This episode, Reading Between The Lines turns into a true crime podcast?! The team discuss how "A Motor Knight Errant", first published January 11, 1930, has a romance that reads more creepy thriller. If you don’t already get “The People’s Friend” d… -
”They All Found Happiness”
"They All Found Happiness" by Lilian Chisholm, first published April 1940, rubs the team up the wrong way! Jacky, Barry, Lucy and Tracey talk character development, what story illustrations should give away and how much magazines should reflect world… -
“The Healing Touch”
In this episode we read "A Healing Touch", first published in January 1940. In a particularly riotous recording, the team disagree on whether it's too sweet or not, dealing with tough topics in the "Friend" and how to make . . . toast water?! If you … -
“The Film Star & Her Double”
The team discuss a "rip-roaring yarn" in "A Film Star & Her Double" by Dorothy Pollock, first published in February, 1920. Jacky is joined by Abbie, Alex and David and talk about action-adventure in stories, old Hollywood glamour, and our struggle wi… -
”Changing Heart”
Season 3 is starting off with a bang! "Changing Heart" by Margaret Scott, first published in July 1945, gets the team feeling quite emotional. Jacky, Judey, Kirsty and David talk war-time at the "Friend" and using personal experience to interpret sto… -
”A Maid Of The Isles”
In this special episode to finish Season 2, Angela, Jacky, Judey and Barry sit around the table in person for the first time to discuss the brand-new release in our Classics Collection, "A Maid Of The Isles". Slightly different to our usual, Angela r… -
“Ruth At The Crossroads”
In this episode, Iain, Alex, Abbie and Barry read “Ruth At The Crossroads’ by Mollie E Jamieson, and are left to wonder a little about the stories not told! This story was first published in “The People’s Friend” in 1916, and reflected a desire to in… -
“Debts of Honour“
“Debts Of Honour”, by Humphrey Chalmers, is subtitled “The Story Of A Shopkeeper’s Clever Trick”, which sums things up quite nicely! Even if it does encourage you to distrust correspondence from your local retailers… Iain, Lisa, Abbie and Barry are i…