FROM A FOOD WRITER TO A VIOLINIST AND A STYLIST, ON THE PAGES AHEAD, EIGHT COOL WOMEN SHARE THEIR PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON
Legal director
Eating out at… Luca in north London is a long-standing favourite. It has a great bar and the food is sensational. Book a table in the beautiful garden, which has a retractable roof.
Wearing… I’m a habitual creature so it’s white linen dresses, from Dôen (right), Asceno, Reformation, Simkhai (far right) and Raey, closely followed by anything olive green, which I’m seriously having a moment with.
Listening to… anything by The Internet (right), their songs are the perfect summer tonic.
Reading… Prophet Song (right) by Paul Lynch.
Going to… Fingers crossed, Sardinia in the summer – just my husband and I. God bless grandparents! Follow @thandimaq on Instagram
Food writer
Eating out at… This summer, I plan to return to The Sportsman in Whitstable with my family, and also have dinner at the Kinneuchar Inn, the 17th-century pub and restaurant of James Ferguson and Alethea Palmer [near Fife].
Listening to… Young Fathers Heavy Heavy (above) for my road trip to Scotland.
Reading… To Paradise (above) by Hanya Yanagihara and Experienced by Kate Young.
Cooking… I’ll be trying a recipe for Roman-style thin and crisp pizza topped with potato. Five Quarters: Recipes And Notes From A Kitchen In Rome (Headline Home) by Rachel Roddy is out now
Author
Going to… Jeremy King’s new restaurant Arlington (above), the new incarnation of his old Le Caprice, one of my favourite restaurants.
Listening to… David Yelland and Simon Lewis’s podcast, When It Hits The Fan, about the media and PR business, which is fascinating and full of amazing insights.
Reading… Come And Get It (above) by Kiley Reid.
Wearing… Jeans from Frame, a good-quality white T-shirt from Petit Bateau and cream loafers from Church’s (all above). Wives Like Us (Bloomsbury) by Plum Sykes is out 14th May
Co-founder, Collagerie
Wearing… My new Strathberry striped canvas and leather bag (below). Uplifting and joyous, it spells summer and will carry off anything I wear with it!
Buying… this adorable Zara playsuit (below) and jumping straight into a holiday frame of mind. It’s striped, cotton and easy breezy.
Cooking… I return again and again to Rukmini Iyer’s The Green Roasting Tin: Vegan & Vegetarian One Dish Dinners (below). They are quick, delicious and uncomplicated. We’ve taken to putting in post-it notes to remember the recipes that have gone down really well, and now they cover the entire book!
Reading… I’m a huge fan of everything Elizabet
