Among the first passengers to try the Bugaboo Donkey were my children Yasmijn, three, and Lard, one. They helped me to perfect the design.We live just outside Amsterdam in a small town called Apeldoorn. It’s a very green place with lots of parks

for Graham Greene’s classic film noir The Third Man, while for our children, it is the fairground rides of the Prater district which enthral. Vienna has museums to suit all tastes and ages, including a Children’s Museum, next to which is a waist

leather ankle straps in coral and teal. On second thoughts, why not take them all?My friends at Ezpz (Eezy Peazy) had some gorgeous leather jazz shoes in shocking pink and turtle green and over at Australian brand Sudo, the tasselled ankle boots in moss

, humus and raw carrots.If you could invite anyone to a picnic, who would you choose?I’d invite Stephen Fry – he’s a funny man and so intelligent.What are your style influences?I love iconography and I’m obsessed with symbols on old beer bottles

-riding classes – you pay extra for, where you can have elaborate pampering packages that give you eight treatments in four days. I opted for a facial and a massage that were nice, but it didn’t help that my female therapist looked like a man and had a habit

the front, it’s a glass-fronted piece of avant-garde architectural design; from the rear, its steep grass bank resembles a quaint dwelling from Hobbiton in Lord Of The Rings. We are greeted by Carol, our guide to Earthship and sister of Kevan Trott, the man

through which they can get down the ladder at the top of the tree. The Faraway Tree is inhabited by wonderful characters including Moonface, the fairy Silky, The Saucepan Man, Dame Washalot, Mr. Watzisname and the Angry Pixie. 21Owl Babiesby