About the Author

Since he was diagnosed as having cancer, John Diamond has dedicated his weekly column in The Times to following the progress of the disease. He also writes each week about television for The Sunday Telegraph and the media for the Evening Standard. Until cancer got his tongue he presented Fourth Column and After Hours for BBC Radio, and has presented a number of TV series, including the popular science show Tomorrow's World. He is married to Nigella Lawson, with whom he has two children, they live in London.