Wish List: Eight top picks for our lives and our living spaces

Mary Cate Smith invites us to channel our inner matador and suggests a Dr Evil vibe for when we take a spin on swivel chairs

Top left, Tradition Montera JH42 table lamp, Nordic Elements; below left, Broste Cophenhagen table and chair from Industry & Co; right, DFS Java swivel chair.

Make way for the matador

While some children spent their halcyon days bouncing balls, I was flouncing around my backyard pretending to be a foolhardy matador with a thirst for bloodsports and a flair for the dramatic, sartorially speaking. Stumbling across this & Tradition Montera JH42 table lamp, from €558 at Nordic Elements, I was transported right back to those days where the tablecloth was my cape and the curtains my suit of light.