https://irving.video/videos/watch/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa OverviewA 39-minute psychoanalytic interview in which historian David Irving discusses his childhood, family relationships, professional development, and personal views with BBC psychiatrist Dr. Anthony Clare. The conversation ranges from Irving's early life and parental separation through his education, career trajectory, and attitudes toward women and sexuality, framed within the clinical setting of a therapeutic interview. Topics coveredIrving's childhood, parental separation, and upbringing by his mother in Essex 00:00:18, Education at Imperial College and University College London, and early departure from formal study 00:00:18, Publication of The Destruction of Dresden at age 23 and subsequent historiographical controversies 00:01:01, Hitler's War, claims about Hitler's knowledge of Jewish extermination, and resulting accusations 00:01:01, Influence of his school headmaster and formative advice on maintaining dignity and options 00:03:00, Childhood behaviour at school, caning, and the April Fool's Day prank with the red flag 00:04:02, Relationship with absent father, emotional response to paternal death, and family estrangement 00:05:01, Mother's death, missed reconciliation, and the timing of her passing relative to his professional success 00:06:01, Attitudes toward women, intellectual and physical beauty as criteria, and women's historical achievements 00:09:01, Views on sexuality, the sex act as male aggression, and impact on personal relationships 00:11:00, Key momentsIrving reflects on his final school interview: his headmaster's parting advice never to leave a place "in such a way that you can't return to it in good faith," which Irving later connects to his career pattern of provocative scholarship 00:03:00, Irving describes his emotional reaction to his father's death: "I can never, ever describe my father's death without getting tears in my eyes," contrasting his grief with his lack of anger toward his absent parent 00:05:01, Irving recounts the evening before his mother's death, when he rebuked her for playing with his newborn daughter instead of listening to his book; he reflects that "afterwards you kick yourself for the rest of your life" 00:06:01, SourceRecorded as a BBC television programme featuring Irving in conversation with Dr. Anthony Clare, a prominent British psychiatrist known for his series In the Psychiatrist's Chair. The interview was conducted in a clinical studio setting with Clare as the sole questioner, exploring Irving's personal psychology alongside his public career as a historian. Originally broadcast by the BBC. About this archive: irving.video preserves the lectures, interviews, and TV appearances of historian David Irving. All videos are captioned, every transcript is searchable. Books at irvingbooks.com. Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:07:05 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://irving.video https://irving.video/lazy-static/avatars/217f0272-12b9-4650-9c50-a2b60755061b.jpg https://irving.video/videos/watch/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://irving.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.