Two names have been linked with the soon-to-be-vacant editor’s seat at Readers’ Digest.

The Independent on Sunday’s ‘Feral Beast’ media column suggests Emma Soames, editor-at-large of Saga, and Rachel Simhon, once of the Daily Telegraph and now at Abu Dhabi’s The National, are in contention.

Current editor, Sarah Sands, is leaving in August to become deputy editor of London’s Evening Standard.