Anthony, who worked as music advisor on The Three Musketeers and The Great Gatsby, has written biographies on both Malcolm Arnold and Richard Rodney Bennett. He has wide interests in addition to music and dance.
His most recent books have included a selection of Richard Rodney Bennett’s piano works (in the Composer Portraits series); the history of Lord’s Cricket Ground; and a motor racing extravaganza, Silverstone’s First Grand Prix, 1948.
His daughter, Jo Meredith, is a choreographer and movement director.