Alex Landon, Author at Secret London

Alex is the Executive Editor of Secret Media in Asia-Pacific. 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.

These Were The Absolute Scenes In London Last Night After England Reached The Final Of Euro 2020

England fans took the party to the streets after the semi-final victory. Last night, England pulled off a huge victory in a massive tournament football match, and that can only mean one thing: it's time for another rou...

Food & drink

Cult London Restaurant BAO Has Opened A Noodle Shop In Shoreditch

BAO's new Shoreditch restaurant brings all the noods and bao buns to East London. Good news for London's hospitality industry has been pretty thin on the ground this past year, but when one of the capital's most hype-w...

Culture

An Exhibition On South Korean Pop Culture Will Arrive In London Next Year

The Korean Wave hits London in an upcoming exhibition. The V&A Museum is on a tear right now, having traced the history of the kimono and finally delivered a long-awaited Alice in Wonderland exhibition. And next ye...

Food & drink

A Huge New Italian Restaurant Has Just Opened In Covent Garden

Ave Mario is London's new temple to pizza, cocktails, and good times. And I say temple fairly literally, because new Italian joint Ave Mario takes cheeky inspiration from the Church to provide a heavenly dose of comfor...

Escapes

A New Network Of Night Trains Could Whisk You Away To Europe’s Loveliest Cities Soon

We'll be leaving on those Midnight Trains to Georgia Europe, with any luck. The night train revolution is well under way in Europe, and we're itching to reap the benefits of it. Last year, it was announced that the sta...

Culture

This London Art Gallery Has Had A Cartoon-Inspired Makeover

'Villainy' reigns supreme at Mayfair's Maddox Gallery. The UK may have Banksy, but NYC has their own answer: Jerkface. The anonymous street artist is known for their twisted subversions of iconic cartoon characters, an...

Things to do

London’s Most Instagrammable Restaurant Bathroom Has Been Revealed

For a loo with a view, head to the Aqua Shard toilets. Yes, one spot has emerged victorious as the city's most 'gram-friendly bathroom, and we can't say we're altogether surprised. If you've ever peed in the dizzyingly...

Things to do

East London’s Fabulous Night Market Is Back This Weekend

Oval Night Market is ready to make their mark(et) on the capital once more. We'll admit it, sometimes we're guilty of throwing covetous looks over at our New York brethren. What with their cheap subway fares, beautiful...

Famed WW2 Codebreaker Alan Turing Is The New Face Of The £50 Note

Mathematician and computing pioneer Alan Turing now appears on the £50 note, released today. No amount of rights can adequately redress the wrongs done to Alan Turing, the mathematician and codebreaker who cracked Germ...

Culture

A Statue Of The Iron Throne Has Been Installed In Leicester Square

Time to snap a selfie on the Iron Throne! It's been ten years since Game of Thrones arrived on our TV screens and changed the way we watched television forever. (For instance, instead of shipping your favourite charact...