Alex is the Executive Editor of Secret Media in Asia-Pacific, and a former Editor of Secret London. Having spent most of his professional career at SMN, he's thrilled to be helping developing dynamic new media outlets in an exciting part of the world. On days off, he'll be eating all the street food, lost in a bookshop, or shouting at his favourite sports teams on TV.
It’s widely agreed that we’re living in a golden age of fresh pasta, people. Seemingly every week, a new pasta joint springs up in London, serving carby goodness in sheets, ribbons, bows, and stuffed parcels...
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