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Hutchinson Heinemann will publish Shrink Solves Murder, Philippa Perry’s debut novel, in May 2026. Managing director Venetia Butterfield acquired world language rights from Karolina Sutton at Creative ...

Munroe Bergdorf: Transitioning is the biggest decision to love yourself Rebecca More: Exiting the adult entertainment industry to find love Tasha Ghouri: Finding love on TV, and breaking up in the ...

In October 1924 the Surrealists opened an office in Paris called the Bureau of Surrealist Research and invited people to drop in to recount their dreams. Despite calling it research, their approach ...

Philippa Perry’s The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read is a different sort of guide to parenting. Rather than survival tips and techniques, Perry offers practical advice on how to have a good ...

Just William / Richmal Crompton proposed by Peter Oborne with Martin Jarvis Lee Miller, war photographer and model Jeremy Paxman nominates Lord Shaftesbury Novelist Enid Blyton Bill Bailey on his hero ...

It is a giddy thrill to be allowed to ask a psychotherapist about themselves, and when that therapist is Philippa Perry, the thrill is all the greater. When you’re sitting in her kitchen, surrounded ...

In the wrong hands, all this could “become wafty and aimless. Fortunately, Perry has the natural insight that I’ve always suspected is probably more useful in a psychotherapist than years of training.

Philippa Perry is a psychotherapist and a writer. She has written for the Guardian, The Observer, Time Out and The Times and Psychologies Magazine. She also frequently guests on radio and television ...

Does ‘The One’ exist? How does our childhood impact our romantic relationships? Rylan and psychotherapist Philippa Perry take a deep dive into what could be holding us back from finding long-lasting ...