Anthony clare jimmy savile biography
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I can be finished like that. Clare held a doctorate in medicine and a master's degree in philosophy, and was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Author of several popular books on psychiatry, Clare held the positions of Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Trinity College, Dublin and Medical Director of St. Patrick's Hospital, Dublin. Knowing what we now know, it seems he prepared to be ready to go on the run.
“I can go skint in a day.
I could be corrupted.”
If a scandal comes up or something like that or the people go off you, you’re finished.
Jimmy Savile
He goes on to say he has “all the money that was ever printed” and as such can do what he wants when he wants, stating “it is all too much”.
Savile explains how he never sleeps in the same place two nights in a row and carries a shoulder bag that has not been completely unpacked for “nearly 30 years”.
His obsession with making money is questioned, with Savile revealing an odd motive for always keeping a new car in the driveway.
Once upon a time I had to share her with a lot of people. In 1966, he graduated from University College, Dublin (UCD) where he was an auditor of the Literary and Historical Society. This book, the first, official biography of this much-loved figure, examines the man behind these achievements: the debater and the doctor, the writer and the broadcaster, the public figure and the family man.
His BBC Radio 4 show, In the Psychiatrist’s Chair, which ran from 1982 to 2001, brought him international fame and changed the nature of broadcast interviews forever.
Clare made unique contributions to the demystification and practice of psychiatry, most notably through his classic book Psychiatry in Dissent: Controversial Issues in Thought and Practice (1976).
What drove him? Clare became famous for his probing interviews on radio and television with well-known figures such as Bob Monkhouse and Paddy Ashdown in several series of In the Psychiatrist's Chair, which ran from 1982.
As a young man Clare lost his Catholic faith and later explained why in a newspaper interview.
I can't really believe in a God that can suddenly and haphazardly intervene during one moment of history, causing air crashes, genocide and famine.
Clare married Jane Hogan in 1966 and they had seven children together.
How Jimmy Savile revealed all in the psychiatrist’s chair
In 1991 Jimmy Savile gave a chilling interview that left BBC psychiatrist Anthony Clare with concerns about the then beloved broadcaster.
A full transcript of the recording obtained by Channel 4 News reveals dramatic insights into Savile’s disturbed psyche and his obsession with holding “ultimate freedom”.
It’s marvellous but it’s dangerous.
“It would be easy to be corrupted by many things, when you’ve got ultimate freedom, especially when you’ve got clout. What you’re seeing is actually what there is full stop.
He also openly confesses “I’m dishonest in inverted commas insofar as I’m a ducker and diver and if I see an opportunity of getting something by only going halfway round the course I’ll do it”.
In a way one can see his offending now as a way of enforcing his power, it’s essentially an act of power, abusing power.
Dr Seena Fazel
The analysis
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Seena Fazel, who has studied dozens of child sex abuse cases, has viewed the transcripts and told Channel 4 News that he believes Savile’s problems stem from unresolved issues from childhood and “emotional poverty”.
“There seemed to very little emotional warmth or support in growing up,” Dr Fazel explained.
“He makes it very clear he always lived a solitary life and is not interested in friendship…Clare’s conclusion is that this is a man who has profound psychological problems.”
Dr Fazel believes that Savile’s offending does not appear to be motivated solely by sexual urges but rather a lack of boundaries, both internal and external.
He explained that Savile believed he was above the law and kept himself detached from other people who could provide balance to his character.
Dr Fazel also notes that Savile is obsessed with power, which is rooted in a “sense of powerlessness growing up”, this is highlighted as the root of his problems.
“In a way one can see his offending now as a way of enforcing his power, it’s essentially an act of power, abusing power, rather than someone who has an unusual libido.”
“He talks about this unconstrained freedom that he had, it makes you wonder that if there were boundaries, either internal or external that they would have halted this offending behaviour and abuse.
He was also for many years the voice of the BBC popular science programme QED. So therefore it finished up right, you understand, and then we buried her.”
Throughout the interview Savile refuses to open up about his feelings and goes to great pains to claim he has no skeletons in his closet: “I mean I don’t go away from here and indulge in some wild fetishes or wild weirdo things or anything like that.
“If you turned my stone over there ain’t nothing underneath it.
He barely mentions his father.
After his mother’s death he spent five days with her body before the funeral and claimed it was the happiest time of his life, when quizzed by Dr Clare Savile claims that in those days she was “all mine”.
“We hadn’t put her away yet and there she was lying around so to me they were good times, they were not the best times.
“I’d much rather that she hadn’t died but it was inevitable therefore it had to be.
It’s probably a boring stone for somebody like you who wants to find things out about people.
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- Jimmy Savile, The past on trial: special report, UK
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We had marvellous times but when she was dead she was all mine, for me. Ultimate freedom is what it’s all about, because you’ve got to be very strong to stand for ultimate freedom.“Ultimate freedom is the big challenge, now I’ve got it, and I can tell you there’s not many of us that have got ultimate freedom.
I’ve got some considerable clout as well, all over. No it’s just that I’ve got a knack, I think you’re putting the cart before the horse there.
“Because I’ve got a knack for raising money or making money now, I don’t really care whether I make it… I don’t care whether I make it for me or somebody else, it’s academic to me, as long as I’m having a go at making it.”
‘When she was dead she was all mine, for me’
Savile’s relationship with his mother, who he called “the duchess”, was complex, he notes she never showed tactile affection but says she raised him for the first half of his life and he raised her for the second half.
He was due to retire from his current post as Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist at St. Edmundsbury Hospital in Lucan, County Dublin when he died suddenly of a heart attack in Paris at the age of 64.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Clare was the best-known psychiatrist in Britain.