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12 Facts About Philippa Perry

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Philippa Perry has written the graphic novel Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy, How to Stay Sane, The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read.

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Philippa Perry was educated at Abbots Bromley School for Girls and at a Swiss finishing school where she learnt to ski.

3.

Philippa Perry worked as a litigation clerk, an enquiry agent, and a McDonald's employee.

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Philippa Perry went to Middlesex Polytechnic where she gained a degree in Fine Art as a mature student.

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Philippa Perry had a regular column about psychotherapy in Psychologies Magazine for two years; in September 2013 she became Red Magazine's agony aunt.

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Philippa Perry works as a freelance journalist specialising in psychology and was an occasional presenter for The Culture Show on BBC Two.

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Underneath the graphic novel boxes, Philippa Perry takes the position of commentator and provides footnotes on what might be going on between them and what theories the therapist is drawing on or should be drawing on.

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8.

Philippa Perry is a monthly agony aunt for Red magazine and, since June 2021, for The Observer.

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Philippa Perry appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity in November 2019.

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Philippa Perry's hypothetical donation to this imaginary museum was "A swarm of fruit flies".

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Philippa Perry is married to the artist Sir Grayson Perry, and they have a daughter, Florence, born in 1992.

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Philippa Perry has often been asked what it is like being married to a transvestite and says, "Being the wife of a trannie is great, he always makes me look fantastic".