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The controversial novelist and travel writer talks to Dr Anthony Clare about what spurs him on to write. From July 1997.

Controversial novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux talks to Dr. Anthony Clare about what spurs him on to write.

Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life.

Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair.

Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also transferred to TV. Series highlights include conversations with Bob Monkhouse, Cecil Parkinson and Gerry Adams.

Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in July 1997.

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Sun 5 Jan 2020 02:15

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