Lord Conrad Black, the Canadian-born media and publishing tycoon, made his name as head of the Hollinger Inc, Canada's largest newspaper empire. With an illustrious career behind him, Black was found guilty of mail fraud and obstructing the course of justice in July 2007. On December 10 he will be sentenced. Here, we look at a few pictures of Black through the ages.
In 1985 Black made his entry into the British press by buying a stake in the Telegraph titles. Here, the Queen chats with Black during her visit to The Daily Telegraph's old offices at South Quay in Canary Wharf.
Black, with his arm protectively around his second wife, Barbara Amiel, is pursued in a bumper car by the former Telegraph editor Max Hastings at a staff day out.
Black mixed in high circles. Here, Prince Charles laughs at a joke with Black and his wife at Christie's for the 150th Anniversary London Library Appeal Dinner.
Mr and Mrs Black share a glass of wine with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at an event in 1992.
The Queen addresses a Canadian regiment, alongside Black, an honorary colonel, during a ceremony to consecrate new Colours on the Governor General's Footguards in Ottawa in June 1997.
Black holds a section of the National Post, Canada's newest national newspaper, as he leaves the Toronto Sun printing plant following the paper's launch in October 1998. Toronto is the world's only English-speaking city with four major dailies and the launch of the National Post triggered frenzied competition in a city with a vibrant newspaper tradition.
In 2001 Black publicly renounced his Canadian citizenship in order to accept his appointment as a life peer in the House of Lords, an offer blocked by then Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien. Here, Lord Black of Crossharbour takes his seat alongside supporters Baroness Thatcher and Lord Carrington.
Former Telegraph editor Lord Deedes talks to Black at Lord Deedes' book launch and 90th birthday dinner.
Lord Black makes his way to the New Castle County Courthouse where he testified in the third day of the Black vs Hollinger International lawsuit in February 2004.
Security cameras catch Black spiriting documents out of his Toronto office in defiance of a court order in May 2005. The picture shows the publishing tycoon handing boxes to his chauffeur John Hillier. Black agreed to hand over the documents after the CCTV video caught him red-handed.
Black arrives with his wife Barbara Amiel, the British-born journalist, for his detention hearing before US District Judge Amy St. Eve at federal court in Chicago in July 2007. Days earlier, a 12-member jury reached a guilty verdict on three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. After 12 days of deliberation, Black was acquitted of the other nine charges, including wire fraud and racketeering.
Black leaves the federal court building with his wife, Barbara Amiel, and daughter, Alana Black.
Lord Black answers questions by video link at Waterstones in Piccadilly on November 28 in London. The former media tycoon talked about his critically acclaimed book The Invincible Quest: The Life of Richard Milhous Nixon from his home in Palm Beach, Florida. Black signed copies of the thousand-word tome, which recasts Nixon in a more sympathetic light than that in which he is usually seen, using Long Pen technology.
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