Dining out is always a treat, but nothing beats dining out alfresco: the food is that much tastier, the drinks slip down more easily and the mood is pure pleasure. With high summer hitting its peak, we’ve selected London’s best outdoor eateries. Tuck in.


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London's Best Outdoor Restaurants

As a Dorset-based creative, Jess Wheeler finds inspiration right outside her door. Her designs, cast in glossy brass and plaster, seem to have grown from the land, conjuring a luxe take on nature. Here the magical maker shares the buys catching here eye…

Nature Girl

Guendalina Gennari’s transformative touch has earned her the soubriquet The Skin Sculpter. The facialist and massage therapist employs a range of restorative techniques to rejuvenate body and soul, so who better to turn to for your top holiday beauty hacks.

Good To Glow

Is there anything more blissful than long, sunny days spent lounging under a parasol, as you lose yourself in an unforgettable tome? With offerings from novelists, poets and photographers, Collagerie’s summer reading list delivers paradise on the page.


Holiday Booking

Mother Nature is the ultimate beauty guru and modern skincare practitioners are constantly discovering remarkable new powers within the simplest-seeming natural ingredients. Here, beauty journalist Lily Worcester shares the art of plant-based perfection…

Au Naturelle

Unless you’ve been lucky enough to nab a ticket, or invited to Wimbledon as a guest, your chances of sitting court-side in SW19 are slim. But there are plenty of great places to catch a match, and we’ve picked the winning screens in London and New York.

Match Points

We’re a week from Wimbledon, with its fortnight of thrilling tennis and post-match partying. The fridge is stocked and we’ve got a recipe for the perfect tennis tipple, conjured by Abbie Roden, founder of French vegan wine brand, amie. Let the games begin!

Court-Side Cocktails

Thwack! The sound of ball on racquet heralds the forthcoming Wimbledon fortnight, and serious spectators (like fashion editor/tennis ace Maya Zepinic) are always match-ready. Here, Maya serves her top tips on hosting a game-day get-together. Play on… 

A Grand-Slam Gathering

Baltimore-born and London-based, Butter Wakefield maybe a city girl, but this sought-after garden designer has a beautifully rural aesthetic, transforming even urban outdoor spaces into flower-filled “countryside” havens. Who better to help us grow?

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