Meet our Contributors

We asked: What do you love most about the Great British countryside?

SANTA MONTEFIORE is a bestselling author. She and her husband Simon live in London with their two children. Santa writes about her experience at an Italian cookery school on p54. ✢ What do I love most about the British countryside? its woolly extravagance. overgrown hedgerows, long grasses – it’s just charming.

✢ My favourite wildlife hotspot is… My childhood home in hampshire – woods full of deer, hares, rabbits and foxes.

JENNY COLGAN is the author of numerous bestselling novels including Meet Me at the Cupcake Café and Little Beach Street Bakery. She is married with three children and lives in Scotland. read Jenny’s exclusive short story for w&h on p188.

✢ What do I love most about the British countryside? The quickness of the changes in the weather and how fast everything grows.

✢ My favourite wildlife hotspot is… the Fife woods in april, when they are filled to the brim with bluebells and it’s like walking through the most glorious cloud.

CHANDRA NORTH is an american fashion model. She lives in texas with her husband and son. Chandra was shot for our beauty story on p108.

✢ What do I love most about the British countryside? how postcard perfect it is. The english really know how to do the gardening thing – i’m always in absolute awe.

✢ My favourite wildlife hotspot is… The rockies always take my breath away the minute they come into view.