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Alastair Reid Schanche

Alastair is a features writer at London X London. He joined the team in late 2022 hot off the back of a five-year stint in Shanghai where he wrote for Time Out and ran a very niche blog about Chinese food.

He’s unable to shake his addiction for Sichuan noodles, but will be found devouring London’s other glorious cuisines when he’s not warming seats at the Prince Charles.

This year is barely over and you’re already wondering what you can do in the next. Luckily we’ve got you covered with a guide of things to do in London on New Year’s Day 2024.  New Year in London. It can be a nightmare or a daydream (depending on how hungover you are). Transportation is …

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Allow us to introduce you to your new favourite (and totally free) dinner club.  Here at London x London we love a good supper club. You can’t beat getting together with a bunch of fellow foodies and tucking into a menu that may never be put together again. It’s truly special.  If you’re of the …

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Bringing in the New Year in London? You’ve got a lot of options. Here’s a guide to the best of them. Ready for a bold claim? London is the best place to celebrate New Year’s Eve. There’s just so much to choose from. You can rave until the early hours of New Year’s Day. You …

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Looking for something to spice up the Christmas Eve weekend? We’ve totally got you covered.  Whoever you are, this weekend is a biggun. It’s the blowout before Christmas. Naturally London is offering you more wonderful ways to get into the Christmas spirit than you could feasibly attend. In order to make things easy for you …

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A much-loved theatre is coming back to North London. Here’s what you need to know about the return of The King’s Head. Good news theatre lovers. It’s curtains up for the return of a much-loved north London venue. Yep, the famous King’s Head Theatre is making its grand return in January 2024 with a new …

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One man’s radical plan champions turning underused green space into new social housing.  You’re probably painfully aware that London is in the midst of a housing crisis. Your rent is too expensive, if you want to move it’s a Sisyphean struggle. At the same time, homelessness is on the rise and there’s not much being …

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A very important Christmas tradition is returning to Smithfield Market this year. Here’s what it’s all about.  Good news meat lovers and bargain hunters, Smithfield Market’s famed Christmas auction is making a triumphant return for 2023.  Visiting the market is one of our favourite activities around the Christmas period and something of a tradition among …

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An old Shakespearean theatre is set to be turned into a museum of his work with some pretty cool exhibitions to boot. Here’s what we know so far.  When you think of Shakespeare in London your mind probably jumps straight to The Globe. Fair enough, it is a pretty iconic site (even if the site …

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