Barbara Amiel: The Lady Black Tells All

Oct 21, 2020

She's a divisive figure, and a target of much black ink. And at almost 80, Barbara Amiel has finally set her own pen to paper to set the record straight, and perhaps settle some scores. She talks to Steve Paikin about her memoir, "Friends and Enemies," her youth, her journalism career, her husband Conrad Black's legal trouble, and weighs in on the U.S. presidential election.

The most hated Conservative Canadian? Barbara Amiel (1980)

Jan 1, 2025

Barbara Amiel (Mrs. Conrad Black) in this revealing 1980 interview with Jack Webster on his BCTV public affairs program. Barbara controversially defended some questionable values in a 2013 Macleans magazine article among many other hot takes.

The most hated Conservative Canadian? Barbara Amiel (1980) with Jack Webster

Barbara Amiel (Mrs. Conrad Black) in this revealing 1980 interview with Jack Webster on his BCTV public affairs program. Barbara controversially defended some questionable values in a 2013 Macleans magazine article among many other hot takes.

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