Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Summer holidays are rolling on... ray (7) has taken a ton of photos on my phone which he’s intending to turn into an album called ‘ray’s memories’ so he can look back on his favourite stuff when he’s older and show his kids. Kit (10) said ‘you should put me in your memory album’. Ray said no, you’re my brother, to which kit said ‘look when I’m older I’m going to move away and then you’ll only see me at Christmas!’ So now he’s in the photo album too 😂 #summerholidays #threeweekstogo

Pre-gig and post-gig #statfoldbarnfestival @ Tamworth

Three cheers for @sebastianwildcakes and this incredible creation for the launch of #Howitwas Not only is the cake the perfect fit for the story (set in the seventies and involving a mother reading her teenage daughter’s diary) but it tastes delicious, too! So clever. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

My mum wrote a book! It’s really good! The launch was last night and the family was put in force to celebrate (we are good at that 🥂) The book is called How It Was 📚 I am holding the image of the cover but the real book is smaller I promise so you can pop it in your bag and take it wherever you go 👍🏻 #family #howitwas

Well I couldn’t resist a sun hat that says ‘wanderlust’ now, could I? 🇮🇹 (bought and paid for, ta @oliverbonas and my spotty bikini is @nextofficial also bought with my own 💰) #holiday

☀️HAPPY☀️HOLIDAYS☀️

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Big thanks to Skepta for having me along to sing on his new single at Maida Vale for Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show. Loved it.

Check out this amazing album by @alicejemima who is brilliant. I co-wrote the single Dancing in Love which you can hear here and if you come to my tour in November you can see Alice supporting me too (she’s ace) xxx

Thank you, @chalfest.official 👍🏻❤️

I’ve just come home from my first ever spa break away with my friends. I missed the babies but I’ve got to say it was quite nice having one afternoon and night were we could chat and relax and put the world to rights while we lounged about in dressing gowns. Thank you, @champneysspas for a little moment of calm in-amongst the madness. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻ps the @aromatherapyassociates massage and the @elemis facial was so gorgeous that not even my car breaking down on the way home could ruin my zen 💆🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️#whencanwedothisagain #thankyouRAC

I’ve just come away with some friends for my first ever spa break. I miss the babies but I’ve got to say it’s quite nice having one afternoon and night were we can chat and relax and put the world to rights while we lounge about in dressing gowns. Thank you, @champneysspas for a little moment of calm in-amongst the madness. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

This is my amazing ma @missjanetellis and she’s holding a fresh copy of her new book #howitwas ❤️ I am sharing not just because I am so proud of my mum for writing another book 📖 and not just because I find it genuinely so inspiring and fabulous that she has fearlessly embarked on a new career and done it with such style and talent, but because I finished reading it over the weekend and it’s BRILLIANT. I can’t stop thinking about it. One of those books that creates a little world around you when you read it and the characters become so familiar. It was an intense read and at times so heart wrenching. Can you all please read it too so we can talk about it??! X It’s out in August 📚

Mickey’s first Pride! Thank you, Bristol. What a great crowd! I loved you all. Honestly, you gave me joy. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Thank you also to my best friend Maria who lives in Bristol and came to hold the bubba while I twirled around on stage like a fool x

Sunset in Lytham yesterday where the wind was feisty but the light was golden and everyone put their hands in the air and clapped along with me. X

Thoughts - 1) @kylieminogue is lovely, 2) we both think my phone case is funny (we’re laughing as it looks like a game boy), 3) if you stand next to one of the most gorgeous and glamorous women on the planet then at least put your shoes on, 4) @lythamfestival was really fun, 5) it was also very windy on stage so apologies to the front rows for seeing more of me than you might have desired, 6) I should get my own doormat too 💛💛💛

Fun in the sun here in ibiza with @rylan and @bbcradio2 ☀️☀️☀️☀️(and it turns out Rylan is really good at taking a selfie 🤳)

Happy Pride, London!! This time last year I was singing there in Trafalgar Square. It is ALWAYS important to celebrate love and being able to love whoever you want. We’ve come a long way, but bigotry still exists. Pride is still so vital. Plus, if you’ve never been, GO! It restores your faith in the good of people and the power of love. 👬✊🏻💗❤️🧡💛💚💙💜✊🏻👭( 📸 @ashish blanket)

Every so often a funfair appears on the green by our house and it makes me so joyful. I asked @richardjonesface to take a picture of me by the food truck at midnight. Look at my happy little face! The fair isn’t even open then, just the idea is enough to make me smile 😊

Singing in the sunshine at Cartmel racecourse in my fav @rockthejumpsuit sequins and dreaming of sticky toffee pudding for post-gig treats. X

❤️❤️14 years ❤️❤️

Yesterday @blenheimpalace warming up the crowd for @kylieminogue 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎤🎼 ❤️ If you were there, thank you for your singing and dancing and wasn’t kylie fab??! ⚡️🔥(sorry @ptato for nicking both your photos!)

And here’s to my own Daddy Cool @robinbextor Here we are rocking the oversize tee and bum bag look back in 1990. Still got it, haven’t we Dad? 🤟🏻❤️happy Father’s Day ❤️

Aw it’s all over! Well, for now anyway.. I have LOVED doing this tour. The crowds have been gorgeous and and the musicians and crew have been a total dream. I’ve been lucky enough to have been singing and performing since I was 16, but it’s even luckier that I still get butterflies. Keeps the romance alive! ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you Dublin for a fitting end to this leg of #thesongdiariestour xxxxx

EDINBURGH! you were so gorgeous... come to Ireland with me?! Xx thanks to @hardlymarty for the 📸 and for truly capturing the disco spirit 👌🏻