Ten Questions: Becki Linley

BECKI LINLEY, 34, is creative director of Trendenza, an interiors specialist based in Marchmont. She lives in Barnton.

1: What is your earliest memory of Edinburgh?
Visiting Edinburgh as a small child and its architecture and character leaving a lasting impression on me. It's one of the reasons I have made it my home.

2: What are your memories of school I loved school, particularly in the summer.
I went to Garforth Comprehensive in Leeds and it had such a big open playing field. At break times we would all go and sit out on the grass and make daisy chains.

3: Where is your favourite place in Edinburgh and why?
Cramond, because its like being in the country yet you are so near the city. I live nearby and my partner and I often look out of the front window of our house and revel in the quietness and greenery.

4: What are the best things about Edinburgh?
It's really cosmopolitan and has come along leaps and bounds as a destination spot for nightlife and shopping over the past couple of years. As well as being a sociable city it still has pockets of village life near its heart, such as Bruntsfield and Stockbridge.

5: What would you change about the city?
Getting about at the moment is a logistical nightmare and you really have to add time on to your appointments to allow for traffic hold ups; temporary redirection and then parking.

6: Describe a perfect day / night out in Edinburgh.
It would certainly involve a bit of shopping along George Street and a hair appointment with Marissa at Brian Drum. I'd then meet up with friends for a chatty get together at Thai Lemongrass in Bruntsfield.

7: Which sports interest you?
Most sports don't do much for me and I have never been a football or a rugby girl. However, my design team will be doing the Moonwalk in June so we had better start training.

8: What was your most embarrassing moment?
There have been so many – from facials that have gone spectacularly wrong to tripping up in the middle of London's Bond Street because I wasn't wearing sensible shoes.

9: What is your greatest achievement?
My work is my greatest achievement but maintaining close relationships with friends and family is also important.

10: Sum up Edinburgh in three words.
Eclectic, evolving and home.