Talk:Barbara Amiel

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Contents 1 stylings 2 David Irving 3 Involvement in Conrad Black's legal issues 4 Theory 5 Atheist?

[edit] stylings

I believe the wife of a life peer is properly styles as "lady X of Y" and not "baroness X of Y", as the latter is the style of a woman life peer in her own right. Correct me if I'm wrong. Ulpian 19:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

It's not clear where she was born, although one can assume she was born in Britain from the subsequent paragraph? Mdecker london 08:09, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Irving

However, in 1992 she defended David Irving in her Sunday Times column [1] [2] and has also defended Jean-Marie Le Pen.

The above quote has been removed from the article. The source is Irving's own site so we could do with further investigation. If anyone could find a copy of the July 5, 1992 edition of the Sunday Times to verify the article referred to it would be helpful. Catchpole 18:06, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Involvement in Conrad Black's legal issues

Why is there no discussion of her many references in the legal proceedings against Conrad Black (e.g., lavish birthday parties paid for with corporate funds)?

[edit] Theory

The theory that she was any kind of "urchin" is based on her own assertion.

I thought that she was a hooker, or at the very least, lived with hookers, after she left home at 14.

School friends say that she lived in a middle-class house at that time. She would have had difficulty getting into university if she had left formal education at the age of 14. It might have been difficult to get a job or dole at 14. I am not familiar with Canadian conditions at that time.

<><><><><> Something in her reported lifestyle does not add up; quite wierd actually. According to the UK Telegraph she owns a "$2.6 million, 26-carat diamond ring that he (Black) had bought for her" but nightly, her "day ends with hand laundry". Good grief, why would anyone with huge assets such as this bother to clean their underwear? For a few bucks a piece, why not wear a fresh, clean pair every day and save the laundry time at the sink? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/13/wconrad213.xml

[edit] Atheist?

I noticed recently that this Amiel has been tagged as an atheist. Nowhere in this article does it talk about her religious beliefs. Shouldn't a category addition need to rely on a reference to this? Unless someone does soon I will remove these categories. Atrian 13:54, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

The NNDB entry in the external links section lists her as an atheist. Catchpole 15:37, 18 August 2007 (UTC)