[HDNG]TOWN:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.60 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.40[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Pubs: [EBOLD][ITAL]Local pubs are expensive and students tend to steer clear.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] 1 Odeon in Uxbridge.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] The Beck Theatre in Hayes (11/2 miles away) is [ITAL][PARA]overshadowed by London's stonkers[EITAL], but the theatre still serves [PARA]up a regular diet of musicals, plays and jazz and classical concerts.[PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] [ITAL]Royale is a low-class pick-up joint. Students [PARA]prefer to go into London to the better class pick-up joints.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][PARA][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]UNIVERSITY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.20 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1[ESTAT][PARA][ULNE]Royal Holloway College[EULNE][ITAL] is popular for Brunel students, not least [PARA]because the sex ratio is a bit more even.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Bars:[EBOLD] (6) The sports centre bar is the cheapest. Runnymede has[PARA]2 newly refurbished[ITAL] [EITAL]bars.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] The University operates an arts centre to feed its [ITAL][PARA]otherwise aesthetically starved[EITAL] students with a variety of artistic [PARA]facilities, including a small customised theatre.[PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] The University cinema showed the likes of Jurassic [PARA]Park, Cliffhanger and Much Ado, last year.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD] The SU's club venue, The Academy (cap 525, [PARA]adm ú3) is the fun focus 4 nights a week. Huge summer raves [PARA]are held in the Sunken Gardens at Runnymede.[PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] The Academy is also the University's largest site [PARA]for sounds, but not exactly big time. There are rare classical [PARA]recitals in the Refectory (450).[PARA][BOLD]Recent band appearances:[EBOLD] D:Ream; Oceanic.[HDNG]EATING OUT:[EHDNG][PARA]The Refectory deals meals all day long. Alternatively, food is [ITAL][PARA]good[EITAL] in the popular local pubs (Coachman, Three Tuns) and [PARA]there's the refectory in the SU building open until the early [PARA]evening. After that, there's all sorts of [ITAL]reasonable[EITAL] regular [PARA]restaurants (Chinese, Indian, pizza and so on) and fast food fixes[PARA]until at least midnight. [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: home-cooking at Tilly's Diner [PARA]throughout the day. [EITAL][PARA][PARA]
