to whether you want your green salad starter with or without dressing, and whether you want your steak rare, medium… or well done (if you dare risk the disdain of the waitress). The accompanying frites are also naturally French. On a sunny bank holiday Monday

to recognise all the companies who share in our commitment and passion for all things beautiful in your child's life. That's why we are introducing The Junior Design Awards.Entry forms will be available in early January 2011, so watch this space for more

is extremely important to him. He has singled out a distinct palette of “Bruna colours” – specific shades of red, blue, green and yellow (but never purple) – that he uses. Clarity is key, too. “It is Miffy’s simplicity which seems to appeal to children

: instead, there is soft tangerine, light grey, mossy green and ruddy amber (though, for the sake of simplicity for babies, in Colours, they are referred to in more humdrum terms: orange, grey, green and red).So where did it all begin? With a happy childhood

The first two weeks of August were always held sacred when I was a child as our annual family summer holiday. We’d all pile into our army-green Morris Mini Minor Traveller, with its cute little indicators that popped out from the side of the doors