ALISON BOSHOFF: It's the Great British Booze Off! Nigella launches drinks business

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Nigella Lawson, at age 66, is launching Bar Nigella Limited, a business that will wholesale wine, beer, and spirits. This move comes despite her past reluctance toward alcohol due to anxiety issues. The article contrasts this new venture with Prince Harry's ambitious plan to produce a documentary about his late mother, Princess Diana, by the 30th anniversary of her death next August, questioning whether he has sufficient time and resources to complete it successfully.
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At 66, Nigella Lawson has launched a new business venture called Bar Nigella Limited, which will operate as a wholesaler selling wine, beer, and spirits. Previously known for her disdain towards alcohol due to its exacerbation of anxiety, this move marks a surprising shift in her career path. Joining notable figures like Kylie Minogue and Graham Norton with her own brand, Lawson's new venture is co-directed by Alex Fane, her long-time agent and the organizer of the Henley Festival. This initiative underscores Nigella's re-emergence into the commercial sphere following her appearance on The Great British Bake Off.

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Who wrote this

Alison Boshoff
5 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 None of this messaging will have been lost on former footballer David, who appears to have been trying to make peace with his son again this week, 'liking' one of Brooklyn’s social media posts from Paris Fashion Week.
🔮 The chocolates in her infamously expensive As Ever advent calendar that went on sale last week cost nearly £6 each and are stamped with gold calligraphy, based on her own handwriting. And yet, even as pictures emerged of her shrouded in £1,700 white trousers and hanging on to a £5,000-plus Chanel handbag outside Claridge’s in Mayfair on Wednesday, friends were briefing that this is actually a new ‘humble’ version of the Duchess of Sussex.
🔮 At 66, she has just set up a business venture, Bar Nigella Limited, which will be a wholesaler, selling wine, beer and spirits.
🔮 The plan is to launch her skincare for teens brand, Harlo, at some point towards the second half of next year, probably after Harper sits her GCSEs in May and June.
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Also by Alison Boshoff
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Topics

Bar Nigella Limited Sussex the Henley Festival

Subjects

Becks ORG · 2× Diana PERSON · 2× Harry PERSON · 2× Jane Austen’s PERSON · 2× Mark Wahlberg PERSON · 2× Nigella PERSON · 2× Nigella Lawson PERSON · 2× Prince Harry PERSON · 2× Princess Diana PERSON · 2× Bar Nigella Limited ORG · 1×

Narrative

Brooklyn Beckham aimed a hard swipe at his famous family with his bombshell Instagram post in January, in which he revealed he had cut them out of his life, and had no desire to reconcile None of this messaging will have been lost on former footballer David, who appears to have been trying to make peace with his son again this week, ‘liking’ a social media post featuring Brooklyn from Paris Fashion Week.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-09
🔮 At 66, she has just set up a business venture, Bar Nigella Limited, which will be a wholesaler, selling wine, beer and spirits.

Claims (62 extracted, 1 hedged)

Everyone loves Nigella Lawson on the Great British Bake Off – and it seems that she is preparing for a commercial renaissance to follow her re-entry into celebrity culture. asserted
she → love → culture
At 66, she has just set up a business venture, Bar Nigella Limited, which will be a wholesaler, selling wine, beer and spirits. asserted
which → set → wine
She’s never endorsed booze before and once said: ‘I’m not very good at alcohol’, explaining that it exacerbates her anxiety. asserted
it → endorse → anxiety
Now, though, she is set to join Kylie Minogue, Gary Barlow, Graham Norton and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, with her own marque. asserted
she → set → marque
-director is Nigella’s agent – production mogul Alex Fane, 33, who also runs the Henley Festival. asserted
who → run → Festival
They were pictured arm in arm in 2022 and have worked together for more than a decade. asserted
They → picture → decade
Speaking in 2018, Nigella said: ‘I’m not very good at alcohol. asserted
I → speak → alcohol
I do like it. asserted
I → like → it
She added: ‘It does something to me, but I think maybe that’s an age thing... after a certain age, you don’t deal with wine as well. asserted
you → add → wine
‘I feel that I’m quite an anxious person and drink can really exacerbate that anxiety. asserted
drink → feel → anxiety
At first it gets rid of it all. asserted
it → rid → it
Everyone loves Nigella Lawson on the Great British Bake Off – and it seems that she is preparing for a commercial renaissance to follow her re-entry into celebrity culture asserted
she → love → culture
Clock is ticking on Harry's Diana documentary Is Prince Harry giving himself an impossible task with the documentary about his late mother Princess Diana? asserted
Harry → tick → mother
His team are now briefing that he is ‘considering’ making a show about Diana, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of her death next August (having hotly denied that there was anything going on a few months ago). asserted
he → brief → death
The first – as he admitted in his book Spare – is that he has few personal memories of his mother, who died when he was only 12. asserted
he → admit → mother
And some of those, he added in the book, were only recovered many years later, in therapy. asserted
he → add → therapy
That means he’ll need to secure some ‘talking heads’ who do have clear and fascinating insights to offer on the subject of the ‘People’s Princess’. asserted
who → mean → Princess
Preferably ones who haven’t told those stories multiple times before. asserted
who → tell → ?
The second is that there are only ten months left till the 30th anniversary, which I hear from several sources isn’t enough time to put together something of this complexity. asserted
I → be → complexity
Is Prince Harry giving himself an impossible task with the documentary about his late mother Princess Diana? asserted
Harry → give → mother
Realistically, Harry has a couple of months to pull together the entire project, find and hire a director and a writer, sign up interviewees and then sell the project. asserted
Harry → have → project
He’d then need to be filming soon after the turn of the year, to get it edited, subbed and dubbed for international release and passed legally. asserted
it → need → release
As things stand, there isn’t even a full proposal yet to show potential broadcasters.(Netflix still has a ‘first look’ deal with the Sussexes.) asserted
things → stand → Sussexes
And even assuming the Prince, a rookie TV producer, can pull all of that off... won’t a documentary ruin his great objective in coming back to the UK, which is to have King Charles stand shoulder to shoulder with him at the opening of the Invictus Games in Birmingham in July next year? asserted
Charles → assume → July
One TV source said: ‘It makes no sense.’ asserted
It → say → sense
The stars of the new big screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility were not, perhaps, as ladylike as you might imagine The stars of the new big screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility were not, perhaps, as ladylike as you might imagine. uncertain
you → imagine → Sense
Esme Creed-Miles, who plays Marianne Dashwood opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones as her sister Elinor, said of filming: ‘I remember very fondly us all being in this big country house together and going for wees in the bushes. asserted
us → play → bushes
Why did I say that?!’ asserted
I → say → that
Becks feud hots up as Mark Wahlberg joins Team Brooklyn Becks feud hots up as Mark Wahlberg joins Team Brooklyn Brooklyn Beckham aimed a hard swipe at his famous family with his bombshell Instagram post in January, in which he revealed he had cut them out of his life, and had no desire to reconcile. asserted
he → hot → desire
He returned to the fray again with the DoorDash advert during the World Cup in June, in which he referenced the row. asserted
he → return → row
Now comes another pointed public ‘diss’, as the nepo chef has persuaded actor Mark Wahlberg – a former friend and now enemy of his father – to endorse his Cloud 23 hot sauce. asserted
chef → come → sauce
Wahlberg has posted an Instagram Stories endorsement of Brooklyn’s sauce, using it to spice up some grilled chicken. asserted
Wahlberg → post → chicken
He holds up the distinctive Cloud 23 bottle to the camera proclaiming: ‘Sweet Jalapeno – my boy Brooklyn!’ asserted
He → hold → Jalapeno
Marky Mark used to be a good buddy and business partner of David Beckham... until it all went wrong, and Becks’ company sued Wahlberg’s fitness firm. asserted
company → use → firm
Just to rub salt in to the hot sauce, Wahlberg has been pals with Brooklyn’s billionaire father-in-law Nelson Peltz for many years and also played the father of Brooklyn’s wife Nicola in Transformers: Age Of Extinction in 2014. asserted
Wahlberg → rub → 2014
At the time, Wahlberg said: ‘I have known Nicola since she was like 13. asserted
she → say → Nicola
She has a really great work ethic.’ asserted
She → have → ethic
In gaining Wahlberg’s endorsement, Brooklyn is once again leaning into Team Peltz and away from his own family. asserted
Brooklyn → gain → family
Brooklyn Beckham aimed a hard swipe at his famous family with his bombshell Instagram post in January, in which he revealed he had cut them out of his life, and had no desire to reconcile None of this messaging will have been lost on former footballer David, who appears to have been trying to make peace with his son again this week, ‘liking’ a social media post featuring Brooklyn from Paris Fashion Week. asserted
who → aim → Week
There was no reciprocal ‘like’ from Brooklyn, who has blocked his entire family on Instagram. asserted
who → be → Instagram
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