Agony Aunt

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly,
Having been on the dole since I left school in 1976, I'm suddenly finding the long lie-ins rather tiresome and feel like a career change...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly,
Having been married for a number of years, my husband and I have got into an unfortunate habit of spending most of the weekend on the sofa eating fast food and watching TV programmes for the feeble-minded. But recently, my husband has taken up a new hobby called 'dogging'...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly,
I recently joined a government 'Back to Work' programme which was intended to stop me claiming benefits and start actually being a productive member of society, whatever that means...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly,
I am a working class NHS employee  whose dad was a miner and whose grandmother was once sent to prison for evading poll tax. As a single parent I like to take my son on countryside rallies to campaign against fox hunting and my favourite colour is red. Many of my friends are gay immigrants...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly,
I've been seeing my boyfriend for a couple of months and things are starting to get heavy. We've done practically everything except full intercourse...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly,
I met a woman called Barbara online in a Chris De Burgh fan forum last year, and for many months we have been emailing back and forth, getting to know one another and discussing our shared passion for Chris' phenomenal music...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly,
My boss must be very clumsy because he's forever dropping items of stationery on the floor and requesting that I bend over to pick them up...

Your Problems Solved, With Holly Harper

Dear Holly
I am terribly lonely and can't seem to make any friends. Whenever I try to engage a colleague in one of my favourite topics such as  ornithology, or Heraldry, their eyes seem to glaze over and they make excuses to leave...