How often do you get the chance to slip off – not just escaping to a secret home hideaway but inhabiting a whole other world, conjured on the pages of a book? Next time this opportunity arises, lose yourself in one of these captivating literary landscapes…

Chapter & Verse

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.

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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

When he’s not styling hair for fashion bibles and runway shows, tending to the tresses of A-listers or collaborating with global beauty brands, renowned hairstylist and salon owner Cim Mahony returns to his native Copenhagen, home to his favourite haunts…

Great Dane

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

Stylish and sybaritic, there’s a unique allure to this Moroccan city. Its exotic blend of sights, sounds and scents draws many a return visitor, including Collagerie’s Serena Hood, who opens her Marrakech address book to share a few favourite haunts…

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Serena’s Secret Marrakech

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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