| Richard |
Burton | Welsh actor |
| Nick |
Dean | Nina's uncle |
| Nancy |
Dean | Nina's mother. Aka: Mandy |
| Bill |
Dean | Nina's father |
| Nelly |
Dean | Nina's paternal grandmother |
| Andrea |
Dworkin | American feminist writer |
| Angelo |
Ferretti | Nina's neighbor |
| Nina |
George Dean | Narrator and protagonist; food writer. Aka: Bean |
| Mary |
Goldman | Family friend |
| Paul |
Goldman | Mary's husband |
| Philip |
Larkin | English novelist and poet |
| Festival |
Man | A bloke who worked IT by day |
| Lionel |
Messi | Argentinian professional footballer |
| George |
Michael | Singer, songwriter, and record producer |
| Wallis |
Simpson | American socialite; Duchess of Windsor |
| Dennis |
Wray | Family friend; recently died |
| Alma |
| Nina's neighbor |
| Annie |
| Member of Nina's book club |
| Arlo |
| Lola's godson |
| Brian |
| Gloria's husband |
| Bruce |
| Max's car |
| Cathy |
| Member of Nina's book club |
| Charlie |
| Nina's friend |
| Claire |
| Pregnant woman |
| Dan |
| Nina's university friend |
| Eddie |
| Meera's husband |
| Emma |
| Camille's friend |
| Franny |
| Lucy's best friend and maid of honour |
| Freddie |
| Katherine and Mark's son |
| Geoff |
| Old man Max and Nina met |
| Gethin |
| Dan's longtime boyfriend |
| Glen |
| Jan's dog |
| Gloria |
| Member of Nina's book club |
| Gwen |
| Bill's carer |
| Hugo |
| Franny's husband |
| Jan |
| Katherine's former officemate |
| Jethro |
| Famous influencer; Lola's boyfriend. Aka: The Magicman |
| Joe |
| Nina's first and only boyfriend |
| Jorge |
| The locksmith |
| Katherine |
| Nina's best friend |
| Lewis |
| Vivien's assistant |
| Lola |
| Nina's only single friend |
| Lucy |
| Joe's current girlfriend |
| Margaret |
| Member of Nina's book club |
| Marie-Therese |
| The woman in the painting |
| Mark |
| Katherine's husband |
| Martin |
| Gloria's gay cousin |
| Max |
| Man Nina met online |
| Meera |
| Nina's friend |
| Olive |
| Katherine's daughter |
| Orlando |
| Little boy at Kenwood House |
| Otto |
| Lola's godson |
| Ruth |
| One of Lucy's guests |
| Sarah |
| Member of Nina's book club |
| Vivien |
| Nina's editor |
