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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.

Have you heard of Crossrail Place Roof Garden? A leafy garden tucked in among the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf, here’s why you might want to check it out.   Londoners, we know you’re always on the hunt for cool, hidden spots around the city. We also know you’re always after green spaces to chill in – …

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A guide to the best Korean Corn Dogs in London – here’s where you can jump in on Korea’s hottest food trend. Korean Corn Dogs… a hybrid food with origins in American carnival cooking that’s transplanted itself into the menus, hearts and social media accounts of a nation of hungry koreans.  That food trend is …

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Windrush 75 is near – and the famous festival of Caribbean culture returns for high summer. With summer in full swing and a heat permeating the city it’s time again for the return of London’s top festival of Caribbean culture.  Windrush 75: Radiate Festival comes around every year in June to celebrate the contributions made …

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Puppy yoga in London = a life changing experience. Here’s where you can go to get stuck in. London can be a stressful place to live. It’s big and noisy, busy and you never have time to stop. One solution that’s been growing in popularity in recent years is puppy yoga – the practice of …

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It’s time to delve into the Buckingham Palace Gates – there’s more to them than meets the eye… We’ve all seen Buckingham Palace, stood outside wondering if the Queen will poke her head out and give us a wave (though those days are now over). Anyway, how close have you actually looked at all the …

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A Wes Anderson exhibition is hitting up London for three weeks only. Here’s what you need to know. We’re sure you’ve been inundated in Wes Anderson style TikToks all over your feeds in recent weeks. But here’s your chance to see the director’s work in real life (well, kinda). In anticipation of Wes Anderson’s upcoming …

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Struggling to find a restaurant big enough to accommodate all your friends? Don’t worry, Mr. Popular, we’ve got you covered with these banging group restaurants in London.  Be it birthdays, family dinners or a meet up with a bunch of mates, there’s always the need for a good group dining restaurant. And while these meals …

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An upcoming festival will make hundreds of London’s private gardens open to the public. Here’s what we know about London Open Gardens 2023 so far. Good news for greenthumbs! London Open Gardens is back to put some of the city’s gorgeous private gardens into public use for a couple of days. The festival, running on …

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Some news for all you architecture nerds out there – tours of a previously inaccessible piece of Christopher Wren architecture will begin from September in London. Here’s what you need to know about the Royal Naval College’s Dome Tours. The Old Royal Naval College has announced plans to start tours of what is, usually, a …

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