Book Club

Dear Geraldine

February 2026

Valentine’s Day, five years together, and a question waiting in a pocket. Geraldine reminds one hopeful romantic that sometimes the bravest move is not asking at all. [Read the full account →]

January 2026

Before another New Year’s resolution unravels, Knotty turns to Geraldine for help with her perennially unfinished jumper. Knowing her limits, Geraldine calls for backup. Enter Tandy Sweetcroft: knitter, taskmaster, force of nature. [Read the full account →]

December 2025

Eco Lover’s all set for a Christmas Eve kiss… until the garden centre runs out of mistletoe. Her solution involves a borrowed sprig of holly, a dab of white paint, and a dash of hope. Geraldine weighs in on festive improvisation, sustainable seduction, and why some men simply aren’t compostable. [Read the full account →]

November 2025

When “delulu,” “simp,” and “salty” leave one multilingual gran lost for words, Geraldine steps in with a crash course in Gen-Alpha English, and a reminder that love needs no subtitles. [Read the full account →]

October 2025

This month’s plea comes from a Welston wife whose retired husband has gone “full KonMari.”
At first, he cleared his own clutter, and she thought she’d struck gold. Now he’s “thanking” and binning her belongings instead.
Geraldine’s advice? Let’s just say it isn’t what Marie Kondo would recommend. [Read the full account →]

September 2025

This month’s letter comes from “Wounded of Welston,” who fears his wife’s new hobby — fishing off Welston Pier — has less to do with mackerel and more to do with the young man two doors down.
Geraldine, as you can imagine, doesn’t mince her words. [Read the full account →]