Philippa Perry

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Philippa, Lady Perry
Born
Philippa Fairclough

(1957-11-01) 1 November 1957 (age 68)
Warrington, Cheshire, England
Alma materMiddlesex Polytechnic
OccupationsArtist and Author
WorksHow to Stay Sane
SpouseSir Grayson Perry
ChildrenFlo Perry

Philippa, Lady Perry (née Fairclough; born 1 November 1957), is an English integrative artist and author.

She has written the graphic novel Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy (2010),[1] How to Stay Sane (2012),[2] The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will be Glad That You Did) (2019). The Book You Want Everyone You Love* To Read *(and maybe a few you don't) (2023).

Early life

[edit | edit source]

Lady Perry was born in Warrington, Cheshire. Her mother's family owned a cotton mill and her father inherited a civil engineering company and a farm. She was educated at Abbots Bromley School for Girls[3] and at a Swiss finishing school where she learnt to ski.[4][5]

She worked as a litigation clerk, an enquiry agent, and a McDonald's employee. She went to Middlesex Polytechnic where she gained a degree in Fine Art as a mature student.[6]

Work

[edit | edit source]

In 1985 she trained and volunteered for the Samaritans, after which she trained as a psychotherapist, and was a member of the UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners. Perry worked in the mental health field for 20 years, 10 in private practice, before being published.[4] From 2010 she spent time on the faculty of The School of Life, but she has subsequently discontinued this.[7][8]

She had a regular column about psychotherapy in Psychologies Magazine[9] for two years; in September 2013 she became Red Magazine's agony aunt.[10] She also works as a freelance journalist specialising in psychology and was an occasional presenter for The Culture Show on BBC Two.

Perry has presented various documentaries including: Sex, Lies and Lovebites: The Agony Aunt Story (BBC Four);[11] Being Bipolar (Channel 4);[12] The Truth About Children Who Lie (BBC Radio 4);[13] and The Great British Sex Survey (Channel 4).[14]

In 2010 the academic publisher, Palgrave Macmillan, published Perry's book, Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy.[1] It is a graphic novel that tells a tale of a psychotherapist and her client, from both their perspectives. Underneath the graphic novel boxes, 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. There is an afterword by Andrew Samuels.

Perry is a monthly agony aunt for Red magazine[10] and, since June 2021, for The Observer.[15] She appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity in November 2019. Her hypothetical donation to this imaginary museum was "A swarm of fruit flies".[16]

Books

[edit | edit source]
  • Couch Fiction: a Graphic Tale of psychotherapy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. With an afterword by Andrew Samuels.
  • How to Stay Sane. The School of Life Self Help Series. Pan Macmillan, 2012. Edited by Alain de Botton.[2][17]
  • The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will be Glad That You Did). London: Penguin, 2019.[18]
  • The Book You Want Everyone You Love* To Read *and maybe a few don't Cornerstone Press, 2023.
File:PhilippaPerry1.jpg
Dr Lady Philippa Perry

Personal life

[edit | edit source]

She is married to the artist Sir Grayson Perry, and they have a daughter, Florence, born in 1992. The Perrys live in London. She 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".[19] When asked the same question by a Buckingham Palace press officer when the Perrys went to a reception there in 2005, she said, "As obsessions go, it's better than football".[20]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Facebook page, accessed 9 November 2020
  4. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  12. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  13. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  14. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  15. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  16. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  17. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  18. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  19. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  20. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
[edit | edit source]
  • Philippa Perry on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Philippa_Perry&oldid=9215014"