Patter Places — Cenerentola, Chianti

There is something particularly pleasing about getting dressed for the ordinary business of the day — and a blazer is especially good at moving between all of it.

Samantha McCoach, the founder of Le Kilt, practised patience when thinking about her first permanent store space. The opportunity arrived this year where the brand began - in Edinburgh’s Leith. “I grew up here, so it was always where I wanted Le Kilt to have a home,” she says.

Assessing and upgrading cookware where you need to will revitalise the home kitchen. Edit, then purchase with purpose in mind — you’re looking for a near-daily companion, so it’s worth investing in the right tool for the job.

We get into the frozen dessert section of summer with self-taught pastry chef Marie Frank, who shares a recipe from her new book, More Than Sweet.

The founder of neoNutritions has a new formula designed to ease chronic stress and calm cortisol.

A renovated 1980s island motel on Patmos anchored by a great restaurant — warm, simple and full of life.