Life & Style

Sublime cuisine, seductive company and a mood that suggests anything might happen… Great restaurants are so often the starting point for our greatest romances, so we asked a few friends to share the date-night destination of their dreams.

Date-night recommendations 2024 | Collagerie.com 

Date-Night Dining

Shoreditch-based Hollie Bowden has seduced the interior design world with her cool, contemplative style. Her signature blend of natural materials and antique finds has a timeless air, embracing modernity while celebrating the history of each unique space.

Hollie’s House

Take a moment to savour our fresh curation of cookbooks – a round-up of 2023’s gourmet greats. It’s a truly global mix, serving up recipes from all corners of the earth… perfect fodder for worldly tastemakers and first-time foodies alike. Now tuck in!

The best cookbooks of 2023 | Collagerie.com

Cooking The Books

When it comes to feel-good beginnings, New Year’s resolutions can quickly end in dismay. So this year, trade excess expectations for expert advice. Our favourite beauty and wellness legends have the know-how to unlock a gorgeous fresh start to 2024. 

Let’s Get Glowing

A crackling fire and a cracking read: twin treats for the time between Xmas and New Year when short, dark days offer long hours for pleasure on the page. From crime to cookery, young love to Hollywood hedonism, Katie Law selects the books to covet now. 

Once Upon A Christmastime…

Designer, retailer, cook, author… as a member of the Conran family, Sophie has creativity in her DNA. Her greatest passion is her interiors store, which offers a feast of festive design at Christmas, so who better to quiz about chic celebrations.

Christmas with Sophie Conran

How to keep all ages entertained over Xmas? Classic board games are guaranteed to bring the generations together, pitting young against old in a feel-good festive tradition the whole family can enjoy. 

The Board Games, Puzzles and Cards To Keep You Busy | Collagerie.com

Game Show

With a long line of artists in her family, and antique dealers for parents, it’s perhaps no surprise that watercolourist SJ Axelby merged these influences to paint interior portraits. Here she shares the festive traditions celebrated inside her own home…

Christmas With SJ Axelby

Some women have such innate style, everything they wear defines the mood of the moment. Alexis Foreman can claim such sartorial heft, and her modern minimalist chic has led to a successful creative career. Here she shares the designs on her fall radar.

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