The RelativeStories worth keepingStart your newspaper

Birthdays, Christmas & just because

The best stories are the ones about your people

For grandparents who want everyone’s news, a family spread across the country or mates who don’t meet as often as they’d like. Make them a newspaper with a little bit of everyone in it.

Start your newspaperRead a sample

Digital newspaper · PDF to print at home

Front page of The Harper Herald, our fictional family newspaper sample
Look inside the newspaperFictional sample family · AI-generated photographs

The Relative turns your group’s voice notes, written updates and photos into a private newspaper. It can be a birthday or Christmas keepsake, or a way to catch up between visits. Groups of 2–20 adult contributors can make a newspaper to save or print themselves. One adult pays £29 every three months or £99 annually for four editions, covering the whole group. Both plans renew automatically until cancelled. Professional printing and gift packaging are not available to order yet.

Who are you making it for?

A reason to bring everyone into the story

Gifts for grandparents

For the grandparents who say they don’t need a thing

Give them the stories behind the photographs. The small triumphs, the new beginnings and the grandchildren’s latest obsession, all together in a family newspaper.

Birthday gifts for grandparents

A birthday present with everyone in it

When the cousins live miles apart and the birthday gathering cannot include everyone, their stories still can.

Christmas gifts for grandparents

Their favourite people, all in one Christmas present

The new baby. The big move. The garden everyone has heard far too much about. Bring the family’s news together for a Christmas catch-up worth keeping.

Christmas gifts for families

One family, many stories and a present to share

For the family spread between houses, cities and time zones: a newspaper that brings everyone back into the same story.

A newspaper for your mates

Still your people, just harder to get in the same pub

New jobs, children, house moves and a group chat full of “we must get something booked”. Keep up with the lives behind the messages, even when a catch-up takes months to arrange.

Find the right fit

What would they enjoy most?

If they love…Consider…What to plan
Hearing everyone’s newsA family or friends’ newspaperAsk the group for updates and allow time for review
Looking back through photographsA photo book or framed pictureChoose the photographs and add names or dates
Telling stories from their lifeA recorded conversation or memory bookSet aside time to listen and save their memories
Having you all togetherA meal, visit or shared day outFind a date and an activity they will enjoy

A gift you make together

One person starts the newspaper and invites the group. Each adult sends their own update and photographs. The reporter shapes the stories, an editor reviews the edition, and the finished paper is shared with the group.

This takes preparation: it is not an instant gift download. If you have a birthday or Christmas date in mind, check the timetable with us before making plans. There are no confirmed postal delivery deadlines because printed orders have not opened.