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The new ice bucket challenge? The best celebrity #wakeupcall selfies so far

October 8, 2014, 8:55 am
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Jeremy Clarkson: the Top Gear presenter joining the Wake Up Call selfie campaign - by posting a picture of himself in bed with Heston Blumenthal. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday October 8, 2014. #WakeUpCall is the new social media fundraising craze sweeping the internet, following on from the success of the Ice Bucket Challenge. See PA story SHOWBIZ Clarkson. Photo credit should read: Jeremy Clarkson/PA Wire
You wait ages for a #wakeupcall selfie… and then two come along at once (Picture: Jeremy Clarkson/PA Wire)

If you thought you’d seen the last of social trends for a while, then think again.

We’ve had the #nomakeupselfie and of course the #icebucketchallenge – now it’s time for the #wakeupcall.

As the name suggests, the idea is to take a photo of yourself first thing in the morning (no sneaky grooming, now) upload it to your social media account of choice and then nominate three more people to take the challenge. Simple.

Launched by Jemima Khan to raise money for Unicef’s Syria Emergency appeal, the trend has already picked up support from Twitter maestro Stephen Fry, Strictly’s Claudia Winkleman and the illustrious Derren Brown…

Oh, and did we mention Jeremy Clarkson joined in with a 2-for-1 deal with Heston Blumenthal?

MORE: Celebrities jump on board the #wakeupcall trend

Stephen Fry is as modest as ever:

There’s something different about Hugh Grant…

Derren… is that you?

Nigella’s feeling shy:

So Keeley Hawes really IS that pretty without make up?

Tom Hiddleston did it – can someone nominate Benedict Cumberbatch please?

Daisy Lowe manages to look as cool in bed as she does out of it:

Naomi Campbell looks flawless (this woman is 44!)

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Women are too darn fussy!

September 18, 2006, 9:03 am
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Dr Victoria Lukats

Dr Victoria Lukats is a psychiatrist and an expert on relationships and dating. Today, she tells Seamus about dating in the real world.

If you want to ask Dr Lukats’s advice send an email to askvictoria@ukmetro.co.uk . Please bear in mind she cannot enter into private correspondance and cannot answer all questions. Any advice given will be published on the website.

Dr Victoria works with Parship, the company that powers our dating service. To find a date on Metrosexual online dating, click here .

Dear Victoria,I’m a single man looking to meet a woman. In many respects I would say I was average – not a hunk, but not bad looking. Taking everything into account, and not over egging myself, on the good catch scale I would give myself 6/10. I’m 32, have my own flat, £40k job, well balanced and personality normal. I’m not… Read the full story

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Nigella’s tea leaf

September 27, 2006, 1:33 am
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One of Nigella Lawson’s Dutch ancestors arrived in Britain on the run from jail, she admitted.

The celebrity chef was researching her family tree for the BBC1 series Who Do You Think You Are? when she discovered that convicted thief Coenraad Sammes escaped from prison in Amsterdam in 1930.

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She said she remained proud of her family, which on her mother’s side founded food giant Lyons. Lawson, 46, added: ‘You make your own life. How you start off is Nigella Lawson not how you need to end up.’


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The Nigella effect

January 28, 2007, 3:11 pm
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Nigella LawsonMaking dining popular again

Nigella Lawson’s influence is spreading from the kitchen to other parts of the home, it seems.

The TV chef is being credited with a resurgence in demand for dining rooms among housebuyers who want to host Nigella-style dinner parties.

About half of househunters now want a room for a big table separate from the kitchen and away from the TV, according to homefinding website BDI Property Search.


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Women attracted to father figures

June 12, 2007, 2:10 pm
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Nigella Lawson

If you’re a girl who got on well with your father, your future partner with your father, your future partner will look like him.

Equally, a bad relationship with your dad means you won’t be attracted to men who resemble him, it is claimed.

Those are the findings of a study of the facial characteristics of partners and fathers of a group of women.

Researchers cited Nigella Lawson and Zoe Ball as evidence.

Lawson’s partner Charles Saatchi was said to have a strong resemblance to her father Nigel, the ex-politician.

Ball’s husband Norman ‘Fatboy Slim’ Cook looks very similar to her TV presenter father Johnny, it was claimed.

Noses, chins and eyes were said to be particularly similar.

Psychologist Dr Lynda Boothroyd, from Durham University, helped carry out the research involving 49 Polish women.

Each chose the most attractive face from 15 on view. These were compared with their father’s features.

Dr Boothroyd said:… Read the full story

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Nigella’s a food junkie

August 28, 2007, 3:15 am
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Nigella always has her mustard to hand

Nigella Lawson has confessed to a love of takeaways and greasy spoons – and revealed she travels everywhere with a tube of Colman’s mustard in her handbag.

In an interview with the Radio Times the Domestic Goddess admitted: “I need to take food with me everywhere. The notion of being in a place without it frightens me. I often have a packet of Twiglets in my bag, and always a tube of Colman’s mustard,” she said.

“Until last year I travelled abroad with a kettle – I didn’t like to ring room service for just a cup of tea – but now I realise I can ask them to put a kettle and milk in the room.”

Her new BBC Two show Nigella Express will show how to cook meals in minutes.

The TV cook said she doesn’t believe people who say they’re too… Read the full story

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GSCE needed for Nigella’s recipes

September 10, 2007, 8:09 am
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Nigella Lawson’s recipes are harder to follow than Jamie Oliver’s, experts say.

Literacry experts looked at how easy it was to follow celebrity chef’s cookery books.

They found the chatty writing style of Nigella Lawson and Delia Smith makes their recipes harder to understand than books by male celebrity chefs like Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay.

Nigel Slater’s recipes are written in the easiest language, a study by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills’ Get On campaign found.

The literacy experts analysed five of Slater’s recipes and all had a “readability” of entry level three or below. This level is broadly equivalent to the standard of English expected in an 11-year-old.

By contrast, analysis of Delia and Nigella’s recipes show some of them use language broadly equivalent to level one English – roughly the standard of a GCSE.

The literacy experts analysed a minimum of five recipes each in… Read the full story

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GCSE needed for Nigella’s recipes

September 10, 2007, 8:30 am
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Nigella’s recipes don’t always make easy reading

Nigella Lawson and Delia Smith’s chatty writing style is making their recipes harder to understand than books by male celebrity chefs, literacy experts said.

Nigel Slater’s recipes are written in the easiest language, a study by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS)’ Get On campaign found.

The literacy experts analysed five of Slater’s recipes and all had a “readability” of entry level three or below. This level is broadly equivalent to the standard of English expected in an 11-year-old.

By contrast, analysis of Delia and Nigella’s recipes show some of them use language broadly equivalent to level one English – roughly the standard of a GCSE.

The literacy experts analysed a minimum of five recipes each in books by Delia, Nigella, Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay and Slater.

The experts found the three male chefs used less chat and a more direct approach than… Read the full story

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Nigella likes men with balls

October 9, 2007, 12:19 pm
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Nigella LawsonNigella wears her ‘sexy’ tin foil bra.

Nigella Lawson has turned up the heat in a racy photoshoot and spoke about her taste for football players.

The voluptuous TV cook posed in a dress made of silver foil for a men’s magazine and in the accompanying interview told how she once went to bed in nothing but stockings and high heels.

Lawson, wife of multi-millionaire art collector Charles Saatchi and currently appearing in BBC2 series Nigella Express, said recently she hoped to move away from her ‘blow-up sex doll’ image.

But in this interview she declared: ‘Stockings never fail to make you feel sexy. I like hold-ups but I often wear over-the-knee French schoolgirl socks.’

The most unusual revelation is related to Lawson’s love of Chelsea FC.

She said: ‘I love the English boys in the team – they’re the backbone of the side. ‘I only have to hear John Terry… Read the full story

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Delia set to trounce Nigella and Jamie

February 15, 2008, 12:45 am
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Delia Smith’s new book is now on sale

TV cookery queen Delia Smith’s new book is hitting the shelves today.

And retailers predict she could out-sell current small screen food darlings Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver.

Called How To Cheat At Cooking, the book is Delia’s first new publication in four years.

Asda has quadrupled its stock of products featured in the book in anticipation of a sales surge.

A spokesman for the chain said: “Delia’s accessible and realistic approach is a recipe for success. So much so we are confident that it will put Jamie Oliver sales on the backburner.”

Amazon.co.uk said Delia’s latest offering had been top of its best-sellers chart all this week based on pre-orders alone.

Amy Worth, books manager for the online retailer, said: “Most interestingly, Delia’s How To Cheat At Cooking has achieved higher pre-order sales on Amazon.co.uk than either Nigella Express or Jamie At Home.

“That alone… Read the full story

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Nigella and Connery voted ‘sexiest vioces’

January 5, 2009, 6:51 am
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TV cook Nigella Lawson and actor Sean Connery have the sexiest celebrity voices, a UK poll found today.

Lawson’s British tones and Sir Sean’s Scottish lilt beat the accents of Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp in the online survey.

Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson, along with Sean Connery, have toppped a ‘sexiest voice’ poll
Nigella Lawson

The poll also found most men wanted to sound like Sir Sean while women said actress Joanna Lumley’s accent would be their ideal choice.

Squeaky comedian Joe Pasquale had the most annoying male celebrity voice in the poll, beating that of David Beckham and Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who came second and third.

And Janet Street-Porter topped the list of most annoying female celebrity voices, followed by singer Amy Winehouse and… Read the full story

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Celebrity chefs panned for ‘fatty’ dishes

March 11, 2009, 8:12 am
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Celebrity chefs including Gordon Ramsay, Rick Stein and Nigella Lawson were criticised today for serving up dishes high in saturated fat.

A report by The Fat Panel – made up of dietary experts – found many cookbooks encouraged unhealthy eating.

Gordon Ramsay
As if he didn’t have enough on his plate: Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay

The study analysed the saturated fat content of various dishes and discovered that many celebrity chefs’ recipes contained more than 100% of the recommended amount of saturated fat – 30g for men and 20g for women – in a single serving.

Antony Worrall Thompson was found to be “ambivalent” to the issue, while John Burton Race and Rick Stein were said to be “keen to use high saturated fat ingredients constantly”.

Delia Smith… Read the full story

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Sophie Dahl to present cookery show

July 15, 2009, 5:10 am
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Sophie Dahl is to join the likes of Nigella Lawson and Delia Smith by presenting her own BBC cookery show.

The model – whose grandfather Roald wrote Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – will cook up her own recipes and reminisce about her food memories in the BBC Two series.

Sophie Dahl is to front her own BBC cookery show
Sophie Dahl is to front her own BBC cookery show
Sophie Dahl is to front her own BBC cookery show

Sophie, who is dating jazz star Jamie Cullum, said: “For me, food is more than just fuel, it’s a joy and an adventure.”

The model-turned-author went on: “Cooking often serves as an emotional barometer, and with this show we will run the gamut, from a solo dinner… Read the full story

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Nigella bakes ‘un-birthday’ cakes

September 29, 2009, 8:56 am
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Nigella Lawson showed off her baking skills as she joined a group of children with leukaemia for a cookery class.

The celebrity cook helped the children whip up some fairy cakes before they helped themselves to the leftover icing.

Nigella Lawson has been baking 'un-birthday' cakes
Nigella Lawson has been baking ‘un-birthday’ cakes
Nigella Lawson has been baking 'un-birthday' cakes

The fundraising event was dubbed an Un-Birthday Party, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Through The Looking Glass stories, where Alice is told un-birthdays can be celebrated 364 days a year.

Nigella said: “My fairy cakes go down well with nostalgically-minded adults while children just pick off or lick off the icing.

“Anything that is too hard or too fiddly can be daunting but everyone can help Leukaemia Research by… Read the full story

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Nigella Lawson – 60 seconds

October 26, 2009, 10:21 pm
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Nigellissima, Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson

NIGELLA LAWSON, 42,needs no introduction – her suggestive way of presenting her TV show Nigella Bites has made her a household name, as have her books How To Eat and How To Be A Domestic Goddess. The daughter of former Tory Chancellor Nigel and partner of advertising guru Charles Saatchi, she has a new book Forever Summer and associated TV series out now.

What will you be cooking tonight to make you feel as though it’s forever summer?

The concept is that you cook to make you still feel as though you’re on holiday. But as I’ve only just got back from a long stay in Italy, I’ve been eating so well that tonight I will be… Read the full story

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Nigella Lawson judges Michelle Obama

November 5, 2009, 2:16 pm
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Michelle Obama is to be the first presidential wife to appear on a reality TV series.

The First Lady will appear on Iron Chef America, which features Nigella Lawson as a judge.

The episode, which pits celebrity chefs against each other, has been filmed at the White House.

Mrs Obama agreed to take part in the show to promote her healthy living campaign.

White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford will also take part.

Lawson, actress Jane Seymour and US Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin are the judges of the ‘cook-off’.

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Nigella Lawson: ‘I’d love to be tall, thin and blonde.’

April 19, 2010, 11:32 am
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Celebrity TV cook
Nigella Lawson, 50, is the daughter of former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson and had her own short-lived daytime chat show in 2005. She launches her new iPhone App, Nigella’s Quick Collection, today at London’s Apple Store.

Domestic goddess: Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson
Domestic goddess: Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson
What’s the iPhone App all about?

It’s various quick recipes that you can look at on the way home and it gives you a shopping list so you can buy the ingredients. There are also videos to show you how it’s done and give you tips.

Are you into gadgets?

I am. I must be one of the few women who reads Stuff magazine. I lovea new toy. I read instruction manuals because I like revelling in my… Read the full story

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Lawson reveals cookery gadgets

April 29, 2010, 7:15 am
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Nigella Lawson will reveal her collection of must-have kitchen gadgets – as well as her late-night internet purchases now gathering dust – in a new BBC Two series.

The 13-part show, Nigella Kitchen, will see the TV cook whipping up “inspired” recipes from leftovers as well as food for a range of occasions.

Nigella Lawson will allow viewers a peak at her kitchen gadgets

As she dishes up the new series this autumn, Nigella will share the kitchen gadgets she has bought over the years with viewers, the BBC said.

The domestic goddess will show those she “can’t live without” – as well as those snapped up online which have been little used since.

BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow said: “I am thrilled to have Nigella… Read the full story

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Nigella Lawson makes a meal of Nazi gaffe

September 20, 2010, 10:30 am
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Nigella Lawson has made a meal of her words again by saying her grandmother used to cook her a ‘Nazi’ meal.

Nigella Lawson: Nazi kitchen surprise
Nigella Lawson: Nazi kitchen surprise (PA)

The voluptuous chef, 50, made her gaffe as she revealed gran’s favourite Asian dish.

‘Granny Lawson used to make nasi goreng in her exotic phase, which was, of course, known in the family as Nazi Goering,’ she told Radio Times.

She joins a growing list of celeb types who’ve made similar Nazi-themed slip-ups and had the media spotlight shone on them as a result.

This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby caused a stir in recent months when she appeared to make a ‘Nazi salute’ during the daytime TV staple .

In that instance, though, it turned out the 29-year-old… Read the full story

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Nigella Kitchen and My School Prom are tonight’s TV picks

September 29, 2010, 6:04 am
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TV preview: Nigella Lawson is back for another series in Nigella Kitchen and My School Prom, which looks at the American celebration and its invasion of Britain.

Nigella Kitchen, BBC2, 8pm
Nigella Kitchen, BBC2, 8pm

Pick of the day: Nigella Kitchen, BBC2, 8pm

TV land never gets tired of steamy Nigella, does it? Here she is back for a ‘dazzling’ new series, and it seems the emphasis is swinging towards the more practical: this time she’s doing speedy, easy, after-work food that caters for starving kids and takes in Monday night left-overs. For those who prefer it when Nigella takes things nice and slow, fear not: the saucepot has got some leisurely offerings for the weekend.SL

Trinny & Susannah: From Boom to Bust, C4, 9pm

You’ve got to hand it to Trinny… Read the full story

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