Lawson met journalist John Diamond in 1986, when they were both writing for The Sunday Times. They were later married in Venice in 1992, and had two children together, Cosima and Bruno. Lawson, whose mother and sister died of cancer, lost Diamond to throat cancer in March 2001 after he had been diagnosed with the illness in 1997. One of his last messages to Lawson was, "How proud I am of you and what you have become. The great thing about us is that we have made us who we are". His death occurred during the filming of Nigella Bites; "I took a fortnight off. But I'm not a great believer in breaks", Lawson explained, but she did suffer a bout of depression. After his death, Lawson kept all of the press clippings in what she called her "Morbidobox".
Lawson later married art-collector Charles Saatchi in September 2003, having drawn disapproval when she moved in with him nine months after Diamond's death. Lawson had also come under criticism when it was suggested she started her r
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Early Work
Lawson originally worked in publishing, first taking a job under publisher, Naim Attallah. At 23, she commenced her journalism career after Charles Moore had invited her to write read more...
1998–2002: Cookery Writing And Nigella Bites
Though Lawson had an established sense of cooking from her childhood, having followed her mother who enjoyed to cook, the idea for writing a cookery book was first conceived by Lawson read more...
2003–2006: Nigella Feasts And BBC Contract
In November 2003, Lawson oversaw the menu and preparations for a lunch hosted by Tony Blair at Downing Street for George W. Bush and the First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, read more...
2007–present: Nigella Express
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Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is an English food writer, journalist and broadcaster. Lawson was born to Nigel Lawson, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Vanessa read more...
Lawson met journalist John Diamond in 1986, when they were both writing for The Sunday Times. They were later married in Venice in 1992, and had two children together, Cosima and read more...