agony column
Newspaper advice feature
An agony column is a newspaper or magazine section where readers write in with personal problems—relationship troubles, family conflicts, moral dilemmas—and receive advice from a columnist.
The term is primarily British; Americans more often say advice column.
Historically, agony columns also carried personal advertisements seeking missing persons or romantic connections.
Brief newspaper advertisements
- personal adsSelf-promotional dating notices
- advertisementsPaid public notices promoting something
- periodicalRecurring printed publication
- pressApply force downward
broadsheet · tabloid · gazette · correspondence · letters · public notices · announcements · journalism
Those seeking love
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- singlesUnattached individuals
- datingPursuing romantic connections
- romanceLove and its excitement
seeking · companionship · personal ads · connections · introductions · courtship · matrimonial · partner search
Those seeking love
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
torment · heartbreak · misery · melancholy · distress · woe · suffering · troubles
Those seeking love
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- counselExpert guidance offered
- problem pageNewspaper advice section
- submissionsItems offered for consideration
Ann Landers · dilemmas · responses · wisdom · solutions · recommendations · tips · support
classifieds
Brief newspaper advertisements
- personal adsSelf-promotional dating notices
- advertisementsPaid public notices promoting something
- periodicalRecurring printed publication
press · broadsheet · tabloid · gazette · correspondence · letters · public notices · announcements · journalism · editorial
lonelyhearts
Those seeking love
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- singlesUnattached individuals
- datingPursuing romantic connections
romance · seeking · companionship · personal ads · connections · introductions · courtship · matrimonial · partner search · lonely
lonelyhearts
Those seeking love
despair · torment · heartbreak · misery · melancholy · distress · woe · suffering · troubles · regret
lonelyhearts
Those seeking love
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- counselExpert guidance offered
- problem pageNewspaper advice section
Ann Landers · submissions · dilemmas · responses · wisdom · solutions · recommendations · tips · support · answers
- advice columnsDear Abby, Ann Landers, Dear Prudence, Miss Manners, anonymous letters
agony columnhard news
Factual, timely journalism
breaking news · news section · front page · investigative journalism · news report
agony columnwedding announcements
Published marriage news
birth announcements · announcements · society pages · success stories · honors list
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