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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 neighbourhood restaurants in London? Here’s where to find the best food in the capital. So many neighbourhoods… So many places to eat… London, they say, is a bunch of villages joined into a city. That’s probably why the city has a strong neighbourhood vibe, each area being home to certain communities …

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Heard of Crossness Pumping Station? A cathedral of sewage, and the man whose legacy is the reason you don’t die of gruesome waterborne disease – London’s history is never dull.  London’s got plenty of churches, and a fair few cathedrals, but one of it’s lesser known holy sites is a pumping station out in Crossness.  …

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London’s Horniman Museum is returning artefacts looted over a century ago. Read on to find out more. Proof that the news is not all drab and depressing: The South-East London museum has agreed to return 72 artefacts to Nigeria where they had been looted from by British Soldiers in 1897.  In fact, the returns have …

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The Battle of Cable Street is a vital part of London history. Read on to discover more about the fight to keep the East End free of fascists, and the legacy that still stands today.  Fascist and antifascist clashes aren’t just the hallmark of contemporary American politics. They’ve happened right here on London’s streets.  Though, …

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Euston Station is getting a mega revamp. And photographs of the £2.25bn redevelopment have just been released.  London’s most chaotic station is getting a makeover. Prospective photographs of Euston station’s mega redevelopment have been released by the architects behind the project. And we have to say, it looks pretty cool. The photographs depict the planned …

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Heard the news? Canary Wharfers’ legs are to be saved by savvy new footbridge plans.  Good news for those afflicted by the long walk around Canary Wharf’s South Dock. Plans are underway to construct a footbridge that will span the body of water and save everyone’s legs.  Here’s what you should know… The New Bridge …

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David Hockney fans, rejoice! There’s a brand-new Hockney immersive art experience opening at shiny new London venue, Lightroom.  Big art news for the new year: A new venue in King’s Cross has announced that it will be hosting an immersive David Hockney retrospective narrated by the artist himself.  The exhibition, titled Bigger & Closer (Not …

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Eat like a king on the stable boy’s budget with our guide to London’s value-for-money restaurants.  London doesn’t have to be fun for the first few weeks of the month when you’ve actually got some money, and horrible when you spend the next couple tightening the belt to make up for the sting of rental …

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The Museum of the Moon returns to London this month. Here’s what you need to know. The stunning Museum of the Moon will return to London from December 13th 2022 – 5th of February 2023, and its setting will be equally spectacular.  In case you missed it last time, the exhibition features a giant moon …

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