acknowledgements

Executive Editor: Eleanor Maxfield

Editor: Joanne Wilson

Copy Editor: Siobhan O’Connor Proofreader: Jo Richardson

Picture Manager: Jennifer Veall

Editorial Assistant: Diana Copeland

Senior Designer: Juliette Norsworthy Design and Art Direction: Tracy Killick Photographer: Stephen Conroy

Home economist: Sara Lewis

Props stylist: Kim Sullivan

Senior Production Controller: Caroline Alberti

Special photography: © Octopus Publishing Group Limited/Stephen Conroy

Other photography: © Octopus Publishing/David Munns 13, 39, 51, 53, 69, 97, 113, 141, 163, 171; Ian Wallace 16-17, 101, 152-3, 182-3, 199; Lis Parsons 45, 103, 109, 131, 155, 169, 231; Sean Myers 165, 181; Will Heap 5, 191, 197, 201, 213, 215; William Reavell 145; William Shaw 41, 193