Michelle is internationally renowned as an authority on interiors, trends, wellbeing and style. She is an influencer with expertise and the multi award-winning former Editor-in-Chief of ELLE Decoration UK. She has presented Interior Design Masters (BBC) with Alan Carr and Grand Designs House of the Year (Channel 4) with Kevin McCloud.

At the festival Michelle will be talking about her book Happy Inside: How to Harness the Power of Home for Health and Happiness, in which she shares her ideas on how interior design can influence our wellbeing: if you want to feel calm, content, soothed or energized, you must begin with what surrounds you.