Editing Nigella Lawson (section)

===Early work===
Lawson originally worked in publishing, first taking a job under publisher [[Naim Attallah]].<ref name="tastyempire"/> At 23, she began her career in journalism after [[Charles Moore (journalist)|Charles Moore]] had invited her to write for ''[[The Spectator]]''<ref name="tastyempire"/> – her father had previously been editor at the same publication, and her older brother soon would take up the same role.<ref>{{Cite news|title=First impressions count for Nigella|last=Shakespeare|first=Sebastian|date=28 November 2013|work=[[London Evening Standard]]|page=17}}</ref> Her initial work at the magazine consisted of writing book reviews,<ref name="hot">Hirschberg, Lynn. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EEDA1338F93BA25752C1A9679C8B63 Hot Dish] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012175942/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EEDA1338F93BA25752C1A9679C8B63 |date=12 October 2007 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]'', 18 November 2001. Retrieved 29 September 2007.</ref> after which she became a restaurant critic there in 1985.<ref name="sweetandsour"/> She became the deputy literary editor of ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' in 1986, aged 26.<ref name="sweetandsour"/>

She attracted publicity in 1989 when she admitted voting for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in an election, not her father's Conservative Party, and then criticised Margaret Thatcher in print.<ref name="interviews"/> Regarding her political relationship with her father, Lawson has stated, "My father would never expect me to agree with him about anything in particular and, to be honest, we never talk about politics much."<ref name="Metro, Lawson">Ellis, James. [http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=711&in_page_id=11 Nigella Lawson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110100814/http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=711&in_page_id=11 |date=10 November 2009 }}. ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]'', 4 September 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2007.</ref>

After ''The Sunday Times'', she embarked upon a freelance writing career, realising that "I was on the wrong ladder. I didn't want to be an executive, being paid to worry rather than think".<ref name="modestgoddess"/> In the United Kingdom, she wrote for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', the ''[[Evening Standard]]'', ''[[The Observer]]'' and ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]'', and penned a food column for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''<ref name="inside">Byrne, Ciar and Morris, Soppie. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-celebrity-chefs-497448.html Inside Story: Celebrity chefs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126062319/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-celebrity-chefs-497448.html |date=26 January 2011 }}. ''[[The Independent]]'', 4 July 2005. Retrieved 31 January 2008.</ref> and a make-up column for ''[[The Times#The Times Magazine|The Times Magazine]]'',<ref name="modestgoddess"/> as well as working with ''[[Gourmet (magazine)|Gourmet]]'' and ''[[Bon Appétit]]'' in the United States.<ref name="foodnetwork">[http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_nl/article/0,3100,FOOD_27597_4992624,00.html Nigella Lawson biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203171525/http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_nl/article/0,3100,FOOD_27597_4992624,00.html |date=3 February 2008 }}. [[Food Network]]. Retrieved 31 January 2008.</ref> In 1995 Lawson left a two-week stint at [[Talk Radio UK|Talk Radio]] early after making a statement that her shopping was done for her, apparently due to its incompatibility with the radio station's desired "common touch".<ref name="interviews"/>
In the mid-1990s she occasionally hosted TV press-reviews slot ''[[What the Papers Say]]'', and was co-host, with [[David Aaronovitch]], of Channel 4 literary-discussion series ''Booked''. In 1998 she repeatedly guested on Channel 4 cookery series ''Nigel Slater's Real-Food Show''.