EVERY ROOM TELLS A STORY (£30; Hardie Grant) celebrates the work of agenda-setting interior designer Kit Kemp, the creative force behind the Firmdale Hotel group. A big fan of colour, she predicts 2016 will see a move away from muted palettes and monochrome and a trend for sharp greens and oranges (as can be seen in her Ham Yard Hotel, below), plus a vogue for ’70s statement furniture.
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In her beautiful book Tokyo: Cult Recipes, Japanese chef Maori Murota demystifies this often bewildering cuisine, with the result that You’ll soon be making bento and ramen at home as readily as you’d make a bowl of pasta (£20; murdochbooks.co.uk).