Those lazy, hazy days of summer!

TV Presenter Christine Lampard (45)

“I like working on the Lorraine show in the summer. There’s always a bit of naughtiness in the air. It feels like a holiday camp before the grown-ups come back in September. I have to get up at 3am to do the show but I love the sunny morning drives. I’m usually back home by 11.30am, and then it’s straight into family life. It feels like a nice balance.”

Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor (45)

“Like a true Brit, my summer is made when we get the chance to have a barbecue in the garden. In our house this can happen any time the sun shines from April to October, but it makes most sense in the summer. Barbecue in motion, sun cream on, cocktail in hand, family all around, sun in the sky . . . It’s summertime!”

Singer Cheryl Baker (70)

“I love summer parties in the garden and cooking a huge paella outside. I cooked a big one last summer for my twin daughters’ 29th birthday.

“This summer we’re celebrating my 70th, which was in March, and their 30th at a big barn we’re renting for the occasion. Hopefully the weather will be good so we can spend a lot of time outside.”

Repair Shop Presenter Jay Blades (54)

“Something He Can Feel by Aretha Franklin always reminds me of summer. Aretha is talking about a guy, but for me it’s about how the sun feels on your skin – it’s just sublime and beautiful. When we play it at home, that is summer for me.”

Broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh (74)

“After a long hard day, you arrive home, kick your shoes off and change into something more comfortable. Then splash a cold drink into a glass, and into the garden to soak up the sights, scents and sounds of the summer from a comfy seat. Wonderful!”

Novelist Jilly Cooper (87)

“For years in summer I liked to type naked on the terrace of my home in the Cotswolds. I remember there was a very sweet man who’d had a stroke that stopped him speaking. He came to borrow some of my husband’s books. When there was no answer, he wandered on to the terrace and discovered me starkers. ‘Good