There are certain dishes you eat while travelling that stay with you long after the holiday is over. Not necessarily because they are elaborate or particularly beautiful to look at, but because they taste so good, that you find yourself thinking about them weeks later. Cacio e Pepe was one of those dishes for me in Rome.

Some of the best colour combinations were invented long before anyone opened a Dulux fan deck.

Photography has taught me that sometimes the most beautiful thing is not the architecture or the furniture in a room, but the way the light falls across it.

People sometimes imagine that being an Interior Designer involves spending your days choosing beautiful fabrics, visiting showrooms and deciding which gorgeous piece of furniture should go where. And yes, there is some of that.

I should never be left unsupervised in a beautiful bookshop. There is something about flicking through a book in person that online shopping simply cannot replicate.

There is something wonderful about not knowing exactly where you are going. It leaves room for surprise.

Ask anyone who knows me well, about my love of good food, and they’ll tell you I plan my days around meals with considerably more enthusiasm than is probably considered normal.