A Tale of Two Conrads
News that Conrad Black had procured himself a butler behind bars got us wondering how much life on the inside differs from life on the out By Jameson Berkow
THEN
“Tubby”
Promoted from Canadian citizen to English lord
Writing incredibly long historical biographies
1993: “The destructive fixation of the envious English-Canadian mind requires that the highest, happiest, most agile flyers be laid low”
The eternally catty Lady Black
(she’s been called worse)
NOW
“Lordy”
Promoted from dishwasher to librarian
Giving incredibly popular lectures on U.S. history and politics
2008: “If saintly men like Gandhi could choose to clean latrines, and Thomas More could voluntarily wear a hair shirt, this experience won’t kill me”
The aforementioned butler
Photograph of Black from CP, jumpsuit from Getty
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