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.

Take A Dizzying Climb Up This Football Stadium For Stunning Views Over London • The Dare Skywalk

The Dare Skywalk offers thrills and a view so gorgeous that even Arsenal fans will enjoy it (maybe). Sad as it was for Tottenham Hotspur to depart their venerable White Hart Lane ground a couple of years ago, there are...

Escapes

Eurostar Will Launch Their Direct Route To Amsterdam And Back This October

Hot damn, Amsterdam! Eurostar are bringing back their route from London to Amsterdam, and this time it's direct. Eurostar's route from London to Amsterdam has proved a popular one in the years it's been running, and wh...

Things to do

This Incredible Bottomless Brunch Features Hi-Tech Beer Pong

Bounce your way to glory . By now, you've most likely seen bottomless brunches of all shapes, sizes, and persuasions (probably in these very pages). However, you've probably not combined two of the capital's noblest sp...

Culture

Whoopi Goldberg And Jennifer Saunders Will Star In ‘Sister Act’ In The West End Next Summer

? Sister Act is going to be Fabulous, Baby! The West End has no lack of star power, but even by the usual astronomical standards, they'll be dialling up the wattage next summer. That's because Oscar winner Whoopi Goldb...

The Tower Of London’s Ravens Are So Bored That They’re In Danger Of Flying Away

Is this the first time the very fabric of the nation has been threatened by severe boredom? The legend goes that if the ravens ever flee the Tower of London, both the monarchy and the Tower will crumble into the dust,...

Culture

Dancers From The Royal Ballet Are Putting On Free Shows Alongside Regent’s Canal

DistDancing brings the Royal Ballet to Hoxton Docks. Nothing about the last few months has made me feel like dancing, but then again I'm spectacularly uncoordinated, so that's perhaps a good thing. Handily, a group of...

Things to do

Rediscover The Magic Of Film As ‘Tenet’ Hits London Cinemas Next Week

"All I have for you is a word: Tenet". If you were planning the ideal film for the long-awaited, much-hyped return of new releases to London's cinemas, you really couldn't do much better than the latest twisty, head-s...

Smoking In Public Places Has Been Banned In Parts Of Spain, In A Bid To Combat Coronavirus

Spain is taking a further step to combat the spread of coronavirus. You might have noticed, amongst the myriad new guidelines to fight the coronavirus pandemic, a number of policies which would on the surface appear to...

More UK Lockdown Easing Measures Will Come Into Effect Tomorrow

Wedding receptions, bowling alleys, and live indoor performances are back on the list of permitted activities. July saw a wave of reopenings as the UK attempted to return to a state of normality, and whilst many pubs,...

Things to do

An Utterly Charmant Pétanque Court Has Popped Up In Sloane Square

Pétanque on the Square brings the Gallic lifestyle to West London. It is, at you might have noticed over the past few days, too bloody hot. And when the mercury rises so alarmingly as it has this past week, fewer thin...