Virginia Ironside
Virginia Ironside is an agony aunt, columnist and author. She writes the weekly Dilemmas column for The Independent.
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Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas: I can't cope with living in cramped conditions
17 February 2014 05:56 PM
"We are on top of each other all the time and we’re often arguing"
Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas: I want to try bondage, but my partner isn't keen
10 February 2014 06:02 PM
"He goes into his shell when I mention anything like this to him"
Virginia Ironside's dilemmas: I wish I hadn't read my mothers letters
03 February 2014 06:33 PM
"There was so much about how thoughtless I was. How can I stop feeling guilty?"
Virginia Ironside's dilemmas: How can I help my son with his alcohol addiction?
27 January 2014 02:41 PM
There’s no right or wrong when it comes to dealing with alcoholism
Virginia Ironside's dilemmas: My sister has a new boyfriend, but we don't think he's right...
20 January 2014 05:57 PM
'There is something creepy about him and we fear she’ll get in too deep'
Virginia Ironside's dilemmas: Why should my stepmother be able to prevent me seeing my father at Christmas?
13 January 2014 03:35 PM
"The stepmother is always the easiest person to blame"
Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas: A helper I wish would stop helping
30 December 2013 07:00 PM
I have cancer, but have started to dread the assistance of one friend
Virginia Ironside's dilemmas: I'm worried about my son's childless relationship with an older woman
16 December 2013 05:40 PM
It’s too late for them to have children, but it’s not too late for him to have children by another woman.
Virginia Ironside's dilemmas: How to move on after ten years of marriage?
09 December 2013 05:51 PM
I'm single but live in a small town where the eligible men aren't for me
Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas: My son is really struggling with work
25 November 2013 06:43 PM
The situation isn’t helped by your telling him what a genius he is all the time
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Miranda Barbour: Craigslist killer claims 'I've killed 22 more as part of Satanic cult'
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Cannibal restaurant 'with roasted human heads on the menu' shut down by police
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The Sixth Extinction: Earth is on the brink of another massive loss of animal species but this time the calamity isn't an asteroid or ice age...
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