[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.[PARA][PARA][ITAL]West London is full of as many opportunities for fun as any part [PARA]of London, with the exception of the West End. One good [PARA]reason for studying in London is the total overkill on local [PARA]entertainments - students would have to be pretty unimaginative [PARA]not to be able to find anything to do. Unless, of course, they're [PARA]broke, which is likely.[EITAL][HDNG]UNIVERSITY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.40 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Bars:[EBOLD] (6) 4 are run by the SU on separate campuses, the rest by [PARA]the University. The Bound's Green bar shuts too early (9pm) [ITAL]to [PARA]be any fun at all[EITAL] and the Enfield bar [ITAL]is ugly and small but popular [PARA]anyway[EITAL]. [ITAL] Trent Park's bar is the best - it has events with [PARA]relentless regularity and is always packed - but it is challenged for[PARA]the title by Tottenham, which, with the expansion on the campus, [PARA]has hosted all-night raves and other attractions.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] The Simmonds Theatre (cap 400) is the larger of 2. [PARA]Because Middlesex runs a course in the performing arts, there [PARA]are loads of student productions, 3 of which were performed last[PARA]year at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD] Music and lights hit the ears and eyes of up to 400 [PARA]students every night at Trent Park SU (adm ú3.50) and 3 times a [PARA]week in the Hendrix Lounge (300) at Tottenham. The bar at [PARA]Tottenham is used as a rave venue once a term. Events at other [PARA]campuses include weekly alternative discos at Enfield bar (ú2.50)[PARA]and a free indie disco at Hendon Bar (150). Kiss FM (radio [PARA]station) has run discos at Bound's Green Bar.[PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] Apart from all the above club/disco venues, the [PARA]SU building at Trent Park (cap 600), Tottenham (700), New Hall [PARA](700) and Bound's Green (400, jazz) are all used for bands, [ITAL][PARA]although the big names aren't often drawn and the SU is more [PARA]into tempting DJs.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Others:[EBOLD] Middlesex hosts reputedly the biggest student ball in the [PARA]country - the Freshers Ball with 5,000 people, ú15 a head, black tie.[PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]EATING OUT:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]The University runs 6 refectories around the campuses, as [PARA]opposed to the SU's 3 (at 2 campuses), which stay open till 8pm [PARA]and[ITAL] where the food is a bit cheaper.[EITAL] There is a huge variety of [PARA]junk food around all the sites, especially at Tottenham, and [PARA]all-night cafes and greasy spoons are available near most sites. [BOLD][PARA]Eating Out in London:[EBOLD] see [ULNE]University of London[EULNE].[PARA][PARA]
