Holidays should be a break for all the family – mums and dads included. So rather than simply transporting your childcaring chores, try checking into one of these restorative rural getaways and enjoying a staycation for parents, teens and tiddlers, too.

The best child-friendly hotels in the UK... | Collagerie.com

Go Wild In The Country

Celebrated for her modern vegan and vegetarian recipes, chef and restaurateur Ravinder Bhogal was born in Kenya to Indian parents. Her latest cookbook, *Comfort & Joy*, is an ode to her plant-based culinary heritage, boasting everything from fragrant stews and curries to sumptuous salads, such as this peach-packed delight…


Peachy Keen

As summer finally arrives, chic chef Nina Parker conjures quick and easy vegetarian lasagne – perfectly timed for alfresco entertaining. Deliciously rich in seasonal veg and creamy ricotta cheese, this is your stylish route to pasta en plein air.


The best vegetarian lasagne recipe.... | Collagerie.com

Veggie Virtuoso

Whether you’re lounging under a beach parasol or grabbing a lunch-break getaway in the park, a good book makes that moment of escapism all the more perfect. And with our latest reading list to sample, who knows where your summer tome may take you…


Field Of Dreams

Culinary creative Nina Parker conjures a quick and easy – but mouthwateringly tasty – spicy Szechuan dish in this, the second in a series of recipes for Collagerie. Juicy prawns, tomato-y rice with plenty of zing, and a cooling lime mayo find Nina unleashing her gourmet girl power.

Szechuan prawns & tomato sticky rice recipe... | Collagerie.com

Posh Spice

For Liza Laserow, creativity is a family affair. The daughter of celebrated Swedish antiques dealer Karin Laserow, with whom she curates interior design projects, Liza is also co-founder (with her husband and brother-in-law) of chic rug atelier Nordic Knots. We quizzed the Swedish native on Stockholm’s hippest hangouts…

Home Swede Home

If you’re looking for chic culinary inspo, Nina Parker is your girl. Fans include Donatella Versace and Stormzy, she has her own line of cookbooks and ‘Saucy’ comestibles, and with @antoninaparker she defines the phrase ‘Instagram feed’. Of course, the proof is in the pasta, as this recipe (the first in a series for Collagerie) reveals…


Hot Date

Multidisciplinary creative doesn’t begin to cover the breadth of Kaitlyn Coffee’s output, with a resumé that takes in design, art direction and brand development. She’s also a social-media star, with a side hustle in @harrisvintage, sourcing and selling beautiful home decor. So it’s no surprise her favourite finds show such style…

Harris Vintage

If fashion and lifestyle are a partnership made in heaven, then Stina Hasan is the goddess of all she surveys. A designer by day, her true passion is her exquisite East London garden, which she unveils online @Thehackneygardener. We asked the green-fingered fashionista to share a few of her favourite things…

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