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Lara Kavanagh

Lara Kavanagh has written 9 posts for The London Word
Lara Kavanagh is an editor and writer and has contributed to various print and online publications, covering the arts, food and drink, travel, music and curious one-off events in Paris and London. Her favourite part of London is Bloomsbury, especially the interior of the Duke on Roger Street.

Yoga for the Mind

Stress and worry can get the better of us all sometimes, but yoga could hold the key to regaining control

Betty Blythe Food Pantry

Cake is plentiful. It could stop there and already be a success

London Fashion Weekend

London Fashion Weekend is meant to be the calmer little sister of the main event, London Fashion Week

Domestic Sluttery at Something

We’re all mad about our homes right now, maybe as we’re spending more time in them in order to economise.

The Ghost Club in Farringdon

Let’s face it: no one wants to go out in Kensington anymore. This is possibly why another Ghost, a new sister club to its Kensington counterpart, has been opened in a spacious Farringdon basement. The jury’s still out, however, on whether this place quite works.

Green Chilli in the Heart of Hammersmith

Indian food is a great comfort to us Brits in winter; piles of meat, vegetables, and lots of rice and bread with which to shovel every last mouthful of sauce in. It was therefore with some trepidation that I approached Green Chilli’s new super-healthy Ayurvedic menu – distinctly lacking in meat (and indeed wheat), and [...]

New Year’s Healthy Menu at Zizzi

‘Tis the season to be skinny. Or at least to digest something sensible after a staggeringly calorific and sedentary December. The new healthy menu at High-Street presence, Zizzi, suggests some healthy choices made from the basic ingredients of Italian cuisine, and promises not to disappoint your taste buds.

Footstool Restaurant St John’s

Set in the crypt of St John’s Church in Smith Square, Westminster, the Footstool restaurant is a Tate Catering eatery serving British cuisine in heritage settings.

Get Some Saturday Night Beaver

I’m beginning to think that it’s pretty much impossible to have a bad night at the Bethnal Green Workingmen’s Club. Everything is the right side of quirky, and although the events are unfailingly bizarre, the atmosphere is never aloof.