The Pimlico Tapes

In 2009 the author, A.K. Anders, purchased a large Victorian property in Pimlico, South-west London, with the intention of converting the 4 storey building into flats. The building had previously been used as business premises, with an architects' practice on the upper floors and a psycho-therapist in the basement. While clearing rubbish from the basement, Anders discovered an old box of audio tapes in a locked filing cabinet. He later discovered the tapes were recordings of sex-therapy consultations. Many of these revealed intriguing and disturbing case scenarios. Some patients, it transpired, seemed to be well known personalities of the 70's and 80's. Anders made enquiries and found that the eminent therapist/doctor had retired and since died. Publishing the transcripts was a difficult decision, Anders says, but one he felt might help others tormented by sexual problems, or those with an interest in human sexual behaviour. The result is fascinating, and for most, compulsive reading.