Talk:Paul Johnson (writer)

message: Why is his religion so important that it needs to be mentioned on the first line of the article? It looks awkward and out of place. Danceswithzerglings (talk) 20:44, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It is a significant part of Johnson's outlook and writings. Philip Cross (talk) 20:54, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Catholicism 

message: User:Leothomasalfred keeps removing this passage, but offers no explanation for doing so. As the majority view is to retain this section (see the first archive page), I have reverted, but added further citations for verification. I removed "alleged" because it seems less risky from a legal point of view. The Independent article, as reproduced on the newspaper's website, begins with a comment fromn the interviewer: "LEGAL NOTE: - Do not repeat un-corroborated allegation that Paul Johnson said Gloria Stewart had told lies. 
Deborah Ross". Johnson is not quoted as making any such claims in the more recent Telegraph interview cited in this passage, and appears to acknowledge the affair. I would suggest using "alleged" contravenes the spirit of the legal notice. Philip Cross (talk) 15:55, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The disclaimer at the beginning of The Independent article from November 1998 (quoted above) regards a comment by Johnson: "No. It was all lies, lies, lies. Pure invention". The full passage from The Daily Telegraph interview by Elizabeth Grice in 2010 is as follows: "There were testing times for them both [Johnson and his wife] in 1998 when a former mistress, Gloria Stewart, told the papers of her 11-year affair with Johnson. Not good for a man who had written about the anchor of marriage in the public prints. It seems a shame, and possibly dangerous, to bring this up in the middle of a pleasant morning, but he does not maul or pounce. After a moment of diplomatic amnesia, he growls: “If you acquire any kind of fame, that’s the kind of thing that’s liable to happen. You just put it out of your mind. It’s what Shakespeare called 'the dark backward and abysm' of the past." Not exactly a denial, and the source material is from the 'serious' end of the British press. Philip Cross (talk) 14:39, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Johnson's affair exposed in 1998 

message: ¿Por que no se ocupan de la villa miseria de Fresno? ¿O de las villas de Camdem y Detroit?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.255.82.43 (talk) 04:38, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  A los yankees 

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message: Currently, the following sentence appears in the "Honours" section: "On the BBC programme Desert Island Discs in January 2012, Johnson professed himself unimpressed by Nelson Mandela."
The statement appears (at least at a glance) to be well-sourced, but I fail to see what this tidbit has to do with the subject of "honours," in a section principally describing Johnson receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom and being appointed appointed CBE.
Perhaps it should be moved to either the "Shift rightward" or the "Early life and career" section.
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thread_title:  Fact In Wrong Section?