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Most readers know George Jonas as a geopolitical columnist and author of books on criminal matters, but his first three books were poetry collections. The Jonas Variations is one, too, but it reworks 50 other poets as thematic improvisations, imitative i
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Last night, a convicted swindler jailed in a U.S. prison was given a monumental amount of time on CTV to make the case that he should be allowed to live in Canada. I’m talking, of course, about former newspaper baron Conrad Black. In a repeat from an epi
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Barbara Amiel Black (L), accompanied by Krystyne Griffin, arrives at the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize gala event in Toronto November 8, 2011. View Photo »
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Conrad Black and his wife Barbara Amiel leave federal court in Chicago, June 24, 2011. JOHN GRESS/REUTERS Here's the second half of the Star's business and economics quiz on the rollercoaster events of the past year. See the first part of the quiz here .
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Between my late mother, my sister, my wife, and me, the Frum family had collectively published 13 books as of the summer of 2011. Only one member of the clan avoided print: my father, Murray Frum. But after years of prodding from my wife and other relati
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Oriella Stillo, owner of Yorkville boutique Accessity, is closing shop after 32 years. Keith Beaty/Toronto Star Accessity accessories boutique is closing shop at 136 Cumberland St. after 32 years. “Whoopi bought 16 hats one year,” recalls owner Oriella S
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Conrad Black and his wife Barbara Amiel leave federal court in Chicago, June 24, 2011. Former media baron Black goes back to court today when a judge will decide whether the 29 months he has spent in prison for defrauding shareholders and obstructing... View Photo »
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THE Anorak Book Club brings you an extract from convicted fraudster Conrad Black’s memoir, A Matter of Principle. We join the action as Con and his wife Barbara Amiel, are being turfed from their £23m home in Palm Beach, Florida. Says Con: “She reminded
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The disgraced tycoon's memoir contains hilarious descriptions of he and his wife Barbara Amiel's supposed hardships following his arrest Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel at a fancy dress party, 2000. Photograph: Rex Features We end the column as we began
About Barbara Amiel
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Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Baroness Black of Crossharbour (born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England on December 4, 1940), is a British-Canadian journalist, writer, and socialite. She is also the wife of former media baron Conrad Black. Full Article
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CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 24: Former press magnate Conrad Black (R) and his wife Barbara Amiel leave federal court where he was resentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison on June 24, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Black, who had been released on bond following a Supreme Court rulings setting aside...
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CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 24: Former press magnate Conrad Black (C) and his wife Barbara Amiel (R) arrive at federal court for a resentencing hearing on June 24, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Black served 29 months of his original 6 1/2-year sentence before being released on bond following a...
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Conrad Black and his wife Barbara Amiel leave federal court in Chicago, June 24, 2011. Former media baron Black goes back to court today when a judge will decide whether the 29 months he has spent in prison for defrauding shareholders and obstructing justice were enough. Judge Amy St....
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CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 24: Chicago Fire Department paramedics arrive to attend to Barbara Amiel, wife of former press magnate Conrad Black, who fainted as the judge resentenced her husband to 3 1/2 years in prison on June 24, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Black, who had been released on bond...
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Former media mogul Conrad Black and his wife Barbara Amiel Black listen to attorney Miguel Estrada as they leave Federal court Friday, June 24, 2011, in Chicago, after his resentencing hearing, where a judge decided he had not spent enough time behind bars after a jury convicted Black...
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FILE - In this June 24, 2011 file photo, Conrad Black arrives at Federal Courthouse with his wife Barbara Amiel, in Chicago. A federal judge on Monday, July 11, 2011 said that Black, 66, once one of the world's most powerful media moguls, must head back behind bars in two months. A...
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Conrad Black arrives at Federal Courthouse with his wife Barbara Amiel, Friday, June 24, 2011 in Chicago. Black, 66, once one of the world's most powerful media moguls, will appear in court for his re-sentencing hearing on two fraud convictions, where a judge will decide whether he...
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CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 24: Former press magnate Conrad Black (R) and his wife Barbara Amiel leave federal court where he was resentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison on June 24, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Black, who had been released on bond following a Supreme Court rulings setting aside...
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