[HDNG]IN LONDON:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.50 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.45[ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]For a weekly guide to the Capital's entertainments, 'Time Out' [PARA]magazine is a must. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Pubs:[EBOLD][ITAL] London is a bitter blow for bitter lovers. Some London [PARA]pubs water down their ridiculously expensive beer (sometimes [PARA]over ú2 a pint), but one of the few sparkles in your glass is the [PARA]rise of the Weatherspoon chain, dedicated to good ale and food, [PARA]at superb prices (regular 99p a pint specials). Look for the blue [PARA]and gold livery. [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs in Bloomsbury area: Jeremy Bentham;[PARA]Rising Sun.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: many repertory cinemas offer student [PARA]discounts and The Prince Charles Cinema just off Leicester [PARA]Square shows films from ú1.99.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Theatres: [EBOLD]Student standby tickets are sometimes available for [PARA]West End shows, but they're still around ú8. The National [PARA]Theatre on the South Bank is cheaper and features some of the [PARA]country's top talent. Also, don't forget the Fringe (the collective [PARA]title for all the smaller theatres around town, ranging from back [PARA]rooms at pubs to full size auditoria)[ITAL] where you can often see high[PARA]quality at low cost.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos: [EBOLD][ITAL] [EITAL]Although London clubs are always at the very nub [PARA]of any fashion scene, you pay for the privilege. At top nightspots,[PARA]admission starts at around ú5 and drinks can be anything up to 5 [PARA]times pub prices. There is, however, an ever-changing set of [PARA]cheaper hang-outs where the latest sounds are available without [PARA]the latest prices. [ITAL] [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: Heaven (mostly gay); Camden [PARA]Palace; Maximus; Ministry of Sound; Fridge; Subterania. These [PARA]are the venues; individual events move between clubs, and [PARA]disappear like cliches in the night, so don't blame [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH] [ITAL]if our [PARA]recommendations for Smashing, Pleased, Billion Dollar Babes [PARA]and Kinky Gerlinky send them off into the memory-zone of the [PARA]groove.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Cabaret: [EBOLD]London is a hot-bed of alternative laugh-mongers[ITAL]. [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL][PARA]plugs: There's the just-moved Comedy Store or, more cheaply, [PARA]Jongleurs (Camden, Battersea, Shepherds Bush), East Dulwich [PARA]Cabaret, Hackney Empire and many, many more.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Music venues: [EBOLD]Many of the country's biggest and most famous, [PARA]including Wembley Stadium and Arena, Hammersmith Apollo [PARA](was the Odeon), The Marquee, The Forum (was the Town and [PARA]Country), The Garage (was TandC 2), The Astoria, The [PARA]Hackney Empire, The Brixton Academy, The New Cross [PARA]Venue, as well as innumerable pubs, warehouses, cardboard [PARA]boxes, and, of course, Tube stations.[HDNG]ALDWYCH:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.60 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.60[ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]About as convenient as it gets for any, and we mean any, form [PARA]of entertainment for those who can foot the bill. [EITAL][HDNG]INSTITUTE:[EHDNG][PARA]There's no bar, so they pop into the [ULNE]King's College[EULNE] bar next door.[PARA]About once every 3 weeks there'll be a disco, party or, more [PARA]likely, a sedate wine evening in the refectory, often with a jazz [PARA]band or a string quartet - something like that anyway. Ball every [PARA]summer.[HDNG]EATING OUT:[EHDNG][PARA]Jean, a much-loved and charismatic lady from Camden, runs a [PARA]snack bar in Somerset House during the day, there's a [PARA]glass-roofed refectory (cap 150) and there's always King's next [PARA]door (see [ULNE]King's College, London[EULNE]). The Strand has McDonald's [PARA]and big-name restaurants [ITAL]beyond most students' means[EITAL] [PARA](Smollensky's, Simpson's). Covent Garden and Neal's Yard [PARA]have more affordable nosheries. [ITAL]Tesco's in Covent Garden is as[PARA]popular for its pick-up potential as for peanut butter and Persil.[EITAL][BOLD] [PARA]Eating out in London:[EBOLD] see [ULNE]University of London[EULNE].[PARA][PARA]
