The final straw in Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi's 10-year marriage came when the TV cook hired a psychic feng shui therapist to dowse the root of her matrimonial problems.
After scanning the house from top to bottom the medium had a good rummage among Nigella's pots and pans including inside some burnt remains in a back burner saucepan.
'Ah, so that's what the problem is,' the seer explained to the TV chef, 'and it's a bitter lesson to learn: if you're making alphabet soup and leave the stove unattended it tends to spell disaster.'
