Josceline Dimbleby Explained
Josceline Rose Dimbleby (née Gaskell; born 1943) is a British cookery writer. She has written seventeen cookery books, and was cookery correspondent of The Sunday Telegraph for 15 years.[1]
Early life and education
Dimbleby was born in 1943.[2] [3] She is the daughter of Thomas Josceline Gaskell (1906-1982) and Barbara Jowett (died 1998), whose father Percy Hague Jowett was principal of London's Royal College of Art.[4] In 1948, her mother Barbara Jowett married again, to Sir William Montagu-Pollock.[5]
Dimbleby was educated at Cranborne Chase School,[6] a former boarding independent school for girls near Tisbury in Wiltshire.
Dimbleby's great-grandmother, May Gaskell, was a "romantic confidante" of the artist Edward Burne-Jones, and a painting of her daughter Amy Gaskell by Burne-Jones is in the collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber.[7] In 2004, Dimbleby published A Profound Secret, about May Gaskell's life.[7]
Selected publications
- Cooking for Christmas (1978)
- Marvellous Meals with Mince (1982)
- A Traveller's Tastes (1986)
- The Practically Vegetarian Cookbook (1994)[8]
- A Profound Secret (2004)
- Orchards in the Oasis – Recipes, Travels and Memories (2010)
Personal life
She has three children with her former husband, the broadcaster David Dimbleby, including Henry Dimbleby and Kate Dimbleby.[9] [10]
Notes and References
- Web site: Josceline Dimbleby – Home . Joscelinedimbleby.com . 2016-05-19.
- News: Time & Place: A mystery room and a haunting portrait. 28 March 2004. 1 July 2018. www.thetimes.co.uk.
- Book: Party pieces : special recipes to celebrate the Queen's silver jubilee, 1952-1977. Josceline. Dimbleby. Julia. Fryer. Crafts Advisory Committee. Britain). 1 July 1977. London (12 Waterloo Place, SW1Y 4AU) : Crafts Advisory Committee. 9780903798174. 1 July 2018. Trove.
- Book: Charles Kidd. Christine Shaw. Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008. 1 July 2018. 2007. Debrett's. 978-1-870520-80-5. 86.
- Web site: Obituary: Sir William Montagu-Pollock. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-william-montagu-pollock-1508776.html . 2022-06-14 . subscription . live. . 5 October 1993. 1 July 2018.
- Web site: Best days of their lives?. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/best-days-of-their-lives-542825.html . 2022-06-14 . subscription . live. The Independent. McLellea, Amy. 7 October 2004. 10 June 2020.
- Web site: A Profound Secret by Josceline Dimbleby. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/a-profound-secret-by-josceline-dimbleby-567605.html . 2022-06-14 . subscription . live. . 26 March 2004. 1 July 2018.
- https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/may/17/cookbooks-for-food-lovers-who-are-nearly/ "Cookbooks For Food Lovers Who Are Nearly Vegetarians"
- Web site: Media families: 26. The Dimblebys. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/media-families-26-the-dimblebys-1243741.html . 2022-06-14 . subscription . live. . 4 August 1997. 1 July 2018.
- News: A family business. 6 April 2002. 1 July 2018. www.telegraph.co.uk.
