I’m sat in my seat on the plane headed home after an amazing week in France, something that we did last year and I feel is becoming an annual event. My last plane trip saw me finish off my book, The Resonant, and my brain wants me to continue working on book number two, but my heart wants this story to be told first. So whilst I am staring at the same white page and typing on the same keyboard, I promise to use very different words.

I’ve already used the word, event, which could be a bit misleading. This trip was much simpler. By design it was a holiday with a camera (or in my case several). But it does take some advance planning. On the 28th of December last year my friend Dave announced he had booked a chateau in Normandy for the end of April. Believe it or not, this is not an unusual message, we’ve travelled a fair bit together and he has a thing for castles. Besides, you need a big space when you are hosting many people.

This is a transcript of a conversation I had with Nausicaa Yami (Elena) and Tezz and her boyfriend Giona, recorded over dinner at the end of a three-day shoot in Italy. What started as a simple chat turned into just over an hour, gossiping about their unique connection, how each of them found their way into modelling, and the experience of having books dedicated entirely to their work, and why those books matter.

It was part serious, part silly: one minute we were talking about trust and vulnerability, the next laughing about worms in the water, taking me to a hospital and how they enjoyed sharing a bedroom together. Pull up a chair and join us at the table for a chat.