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.
Monmouth Kitchen serve Italian and Peruvian cuisine in a sexy and stylish setting.
When was the last time someone called you sexy? Can't remember? Yeah, me neither. But I can...
Is Sunday even Sunday without a roast? The answer to that my friend, is no: no it is not. That’s why I travelled 80 minutes on several forms of public...
Don’t cha just love it when you fight through a G&T-induced hangover and travel to the other side of London to be told that you’re at the wrong restaurant? Arriving...
Ticking off no less than 12 restaurants and bars across a three-day stint in Edinburgh, my Scottish travels ended up bringing me everywhere from a secret bar behind a bookshelf...
Caprice Holdings is the mastermind group behind Sexy Fish, J Sheekey and The Ivy Collection, and late last year they opened Granary Square Brasserie. Known for their flamboyant atmosphere and...
The closest I’ve gotten to visiting Vietnam involved a 13 day trip to Thailand where one girl fell through a burning ring of fire, another missed her flight because she...
Two summers ago I found myself face-to-face with one of my favourite brunch spots in the city. The minty cocktails, the carefree atmosphere, the perfectly stacked, fluffy pancakes...I’d probably be...
Picture the scene: you, your three best mates, one long ass stretch of road...and a Fiat. I know what you’re thinking, but the answer is no. This is not the...
Flock Tower Hill is a cosy hub for coffee connoisseurs near Minories.
Habits. We all have them. Whether it’s biting your nails, failing to put the toilet seat down after...
Back in the day Monopoly was considered an extreme sport in the Bent household; I’m not even being dramatic when I say ‘only the strong survived’. I constantly bickered with...
The words ‘monkey fingers’ mightn’t mean much to you, but they mean the world to me. Okay - maybe not the world (that’s a bit dramatic), but they mean a...
