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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.

Looking for the best Shoreditch Clubs? You’re in the right place. Here’s 12 of the best.  Shoreditch is without a doubt one of London’s hippest areas, and no hip area would be complete without a good nightlife scene. When Shoreditch isn’t pulling in the punters for its great restaurants and bars, it’s doing it with …

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Discover the great places to eat and drink in Soho’s Kingly Court. Boasting a bunch of places to eat and some rather pretty designs, Kingly Court is a Soho foodie heaven hidden in plain sight. We say that because it’s way too easy to miss the little blue archway on Carnaby Street if you’re not …

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Copenhagen’s famous foraging restaurant will host a one-day pop-up kitchen in London. Noma – widely regarded as the finest restaurant in the world – is coming to London to host a one-day pop-up kitchen. The event, run by Noma Projects – the experimental wing of the restaurant’s kitchen – is ticketed at £95 per head …

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Looking to perfect your swing? Here’s where you should be heading.  Sometimes the urge just overcomes you to take to the range and shoot some balls. We’ve been there and we know the feeling well. Having worked our way around a few of London’s best we thought we’d share our knowledge.  London’s driving ranges are …

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From slap-up dinners to cheap eats, here are our pics for the ten best restaurants in The West End.  Home to some of London’s best theatres and some of its best restaurants too, The West End is an ever-popular place to hang out and dine out.  Comprising what’s broadly Soho and Covent Garden you’ll have …

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London Design Festival is back and it’s celebrating its 21st anniversary! Here’s what you need to know. From the 16th to the 24th September, London Design Festival will be taking over the capital, bringing with it a flurry of fun design-focused events to get involved with.  Multiple venues across London will be hosting exhibitions, open …

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Our guide to London’s beautiful clock towers, from the aged to the iconic and everything in between.   There’s more to London than just Big Ben, folks. The city is dotted with beautiful clock towers that deserve a spot of your attention too. Take St. Augustine’s Church for example: that’s an 800-year-old-clock tower right there.  And …

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Our guide to the best cafes and spots for coffee in the buzzing neighbourhood of Camden.  The ever-popular, mega-cool area of Camden is mostly known for its music scene and its markets but here and there you’ll find some excellent coffee shops too.  These spots are a great mix of independent coffee shops run by …

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The hottest free arts and theatre festival is back! Here’s what you need to watch out for.  East London is set to pop off with the 2023 edition of Greenwich + Docklands International Festival – a killer arts and theatre festival that straddles both sides of the river and lasts a whopping two weeks. Best …

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