[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]EAST END :[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.40 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.25[ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]At the risk of creating an East-West incident, [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL] would like to [PARA]point out that the West End is a better bet than the East End for [PARA]entertainments.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] Multiplexes at Barking and Gant's Hill, Ilford (10 screens[PARA]in all). Barking's pic house has student discounts.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] The Theatre Royal Stratford East has many [PARA]productions which transfer to the West End - those who have the[PARA]foresight to see them here first, see them cheaper.[PARA][BOLD]Pubs:[EBOLD][ITAL] In the East End, there are plenty of pubs passing [PARA]cheerfully for the stereotypical (and fictional) Queen Vic; Viz's [PARA]Cockney Wankah would be comfy in many. In Barking every [PARA]pub's a pitiful pulling joint for Essex Men and Girls. These are [PARA]outrageously unfair generalisations and at least they're cheaper [PARA]than most London pubs. [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: the King Edward, Princess [PARA]Alice and The Pigeons are all earmarked as student pubs.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD][ITAL] There are endless nightclubs in east London that [PARA]score high on the vomit and snog factor. Most students avoid [PARA]them like a sewage dump in summer. They flock instead to [PARA]Benjy's on the Mile End Road, the Princess Alice (indie nights) or [PARA]The Pigeons pub, which tends to deliberately compliment SU [PARA]events and has indie, gay and lesbian and student nights.[EITAL][ITAL][HDNG]UNIVERSITY:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][ITAL][GRPH]E2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.25 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1[ESTAT][EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Bars:[EBOLD] There are 3 bars on different sites, one of which is run by [PARA]the University. The bars in the SU's West Ham centre in [PARA]Maryland House (cap 800) and in the SU building (C Block) at [PARA]Barking (500) are more popular.[PARA][BOLD]Cinemas[EBOLD]: The Film Club recently showed True Romance, [PARA]Reservoir Dogs and Cyrano de Bergerac.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD] Maryland Bar has recently been renovated for [PARA]discos (adm free-ú2.50). Students also bop the night away at [PARA]Barking Bar. 80s discos every fortnight.[PARA][BOLD]Cabaret:[EBOLD] Monday cabaret acts in Maryland House, often starring [PARA]top wits and wags like Harry Hill and the Rubber Bishops.[PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] Bands can be handsomely hosted at Maryland, [PARA]including recently, PWEI and Jools Holland.[PARA][BOLD]Others:[EBOLD] Quiz nights, Freshers and May Ball, occasional human [PARA]bowling.[HDNG]EATING OUT:[EHDNG][PARA]There are refectories and snack bars at several sites, namely the[PARA]A Block at Barking, one half of the SU bar in C Block, the top [PARA]floor at the West Ham Main Building ([ITAL]where the mural is more [PARA]memorable than the food[EITAL]), [ITAL]the friendly coffee bar[EITAL] at Greengate [PARA]House, Holbrook House, the Green and [ITAL]the best one at the swish[PARA][EITAL]management course centre at Duncan House. Students [PARA]otherwise eat in local pubs and cafes and sarnie stands and [PARA]anywhere else where the products sold are edible. Some of best[PARA]local cuisine is Indian and Chinese. [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: Sombrero Steak [PARA]House in Ilford, the Raj in Barking, and the Brick Lane Bagel [PARA]Bakery ( see above).[EITAL] There's an all-night 7-11 in Barking.
