Clarissa Dickson Wright, or "Krakatoa", as she was called by some because of her temper and dare I say shape, I can't imagine was a fan of the Guardian. She was a hunting, shooting and fishing Tory toff with attitude, who got done for hare-coursing and offended many with herremarks about Muslims.
Some of her views, like some of her recipes on TV show Two Fat Ladies, could best be described as "meat in cream". With butter. And yet of course there was something magnificent about her. Her embrace of life. Her lack of moderation meant she nearly destroyed herself with alcoholism. After all, this is a woman who blew nearly £3m inheritance onyachts, gambling and all kinds of debauchery, mostly involving drink. But there was something wonderful about her huge intellect and huge appetite. The phrase – larger than life – never fits. She was perhaps exactly the right size for all her extravagances, eccentricities and extremes.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/clarissa-dickson-wright-abusive-father
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