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Restaurateur James Ramsden, our roving London trend-spotter, chills out in some winter wonderlands Perhaps it’s because we like things a little cutesy, or maybe it’s just because actual Alpine holidays are ruinously expensive, but there’s a spate of mountain lodge/schloss/fondue and open fire/cosy gluhwein pop-ups kicking about this winter.

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