From alcohol-free spritz to smart-comfy travel trousers: your holiday essentials

Your July favourites hint at one thing: you’re off on holiday

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Reading between the lines of this month’s bestsellers, I spotted a few subtle clues that some of you might be going on holiday. And while I am, of course, stuck in an office, writing you this newsletter, the summer fantasies evoked by this list couldn’t help but bring me a little of that holiday joy.

Whether it’s a cooler backpack for cold drinks on the beach, a super-flattering rainbow swimsuit or a budget head torch to get you back to your tent in the dark, this month’s Filter favourites hint towards a summer well spent. (Just don’t forget to pack the SPF.)