Talk:Bernard Levin

Arachnophobia

Levin said on TV and in one of his columns that he had a fear of spiders; is this noteworthy?

Meltingpot (talk) 09:07, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Levin and Huffington

I added some stuff about Arianna Huffington, from her article in The Sunday Times 15th of August 2004 (first and second pages of the "News Review" section). Whereas some of the obituaries say her relationship with Levin lasted five years, she says it was from 71 to 80. I erred on the side of putting that in as, well, she'd know better than some guy at The Scotsman :) There she also mentions his having balance problems in 1988, and the name of his long-term partner Liz Anderson comes from The Scotsman. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:08, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Tombstone

Could someone find a portrait? It's a bit gloomy coming to this page and being confronted at once with the tombstone! He deserves better than that! Sedgefoot 14:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Poverty of family and different background from schoolfellows

An anonymous editor keeps removing the mention of the above, though they are direct quotations from main sources. If the editor concerned has any reliable sources that contradict these statements he/she is welcome to cite them, but must not delete well-cited statements such as the above because he/she happens to dislike them. Persistently doing so amounts to vandalism. Tim riley (talk) 10:47, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Tim. I apologise for the repeated edits as perhaps I have not been able to make my point clear. I agree that Bernard Levin came from a poor family (as cited) and that he also came from a "very different background" from his fellow school pupils (also cited) but the articles do not link his family's poverty with the observation that his fellow school pupils were from a very different background. I believe the link refers to his Jewish roots and his political philosophy. Given that most of the pupils at Christ's Hospital would have come from a similarly poor background it was not his family's poverty that would have marked his background as being different, on the contrary. It is that suggestion that is unsupported by the articles cited. I reject the premise that you can take two separate statements and then link them to give an alterior meaning than that supported by the original text. I also apologise if this is not the correct way to discuss the reasons for my edits.

Oh, very well. It's most irregular, but I think you are probably right, despite a lack of citations for your contention. Be that as it may, I think we can live without the disputed clause. Best wishes. 23:01, 22 November 2011 (UTC) Tim riley (talk) 23:02, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

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