Leighanne has over 11 years of hospitality and food & drink
writing experience, with bylines in The Independent, Cosmopolitan,
HELLO!, Grazia and The Week.
At DesignMyNight, she's our resident Christmas expert and the go-to
voice on festive pub stays, gastropubs, and London's best steaks.
You'll most likely find her at cocktail bar Swift in Soho - Irish
Coffee in hand.
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I went to my first bottomless brunch in 2014. 10 years on and
London is unwavering in its support of the eggs Benedict cause.
These days, you can find all...
When you have restaurants in Ireland, America and the UK -
including seven steak restaurants in London, you know you’re
doing something right. Amongst bourbon biscuits and espresso
martinis, I...
If you logged into my Instagram, you’d find all kinds of folders: recipes, interiors, mental health tips, and my all-time favourite: travel inspiration. In a world where you sleep with...
I started watching Gossip Girl a few months ago, more than 10 years after the ‘xoxo’ hype. Although I was slightly late to the party, I got my next Chuck...
Clean your face from this year’s Easter festivities and get spruced up for an April like no other. There are some epic comebacks in store this month - like the...
Into escapism? With rising energy bills, the price of a pint costing £7 and Ryanair on the verge of charging oxygen as a commodity on their flights, how could you...
Every year we hit 1st March and we ask ourselves the same question: how on earth did that happen? We’re still not quite sure to be honest, but what we...
There's a lot to be grateful for when February rolls around. The Six Nations is back up and running, the first 5pm sunset of 2024 is penned in the calendar,...
January? The month we all dread is here again. It might be goodbye to advent calendars and Mariah Carey for another 11 months but the first few weeks of the...
Every year it rolls around and every single year we ask ourselves the same question: how the hell did that happen? There are plenty of things to do in the...
