[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]overshadowed by London's stonkers[EITAL], but the theatre still serves 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 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' magazine is a must. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Pubs:[EBOLD][ITAL] London is a bitter blow for bitter lovers. Some London pubs water down their ridiculously expensive beer (sometimes over ú2 a pint), but one of the few sparkles in your glass is the rise of the Weatherspoon chain, dedicated to good ale and food, at superb prices (regular 99p a pint specials). Look for the blue and gold livery. [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs in Bloomsbury area: Jeremy Bentham; Rising Sun.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: many repertory cinemas offer student discounts and The Prince Charles Cinema just off Leicester Square shows films from ú1.99.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Theatres: [EBOLD]Student standby tickets are sometimes available for West End shows, but they're still around ú8. The National Theatre on the South Bank is cheaper and features some of the country's top talent. Also, don't forget the Fringe (the collective title for all the smaller theatres around town, ranging from back rooms at pubs to full size auditoria)[ITAL] where you can often see high quality at low cost.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos: [EBOLD][ITAL] [EITAL]Although London clubs are always at the very nub of any fashion scene, you pay for the privilege. At top nightspots, admission starts at around ú5 and drinks can be anything up to 5 times pub prices. There is, however, an ever-changing set of cheaper hang-outs where the latest sounds are available without the latest prices. [ITAL] [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: Heaven (mostly gay); Camden Palace; Maximus; Ministry of Sound; Fridge; Subterania. These are the venues; individual events move between clubs, and disappear like cliches in the night, so don't blame [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH] [ITAL]if our recommendations for Smashing, Pleased, Billion Dollar Babes and Kinky Gerlinky send them off into the memory-zone of the groove.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Cabaret: [EBOLD]London is a hot-bed of alternative laugh-mongers[ITAL]. [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: There's the just-moved Comedy Store or, more cheaply, Jongleurs (Camden, Battersea, Shepherds Bush), East Dulwich Cabaret, Hackney Empire and many, many more.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Music venues: [EBOLD]Many of the country's biggest and most famous, including Wembley Stadium and Arena, Hammersmith Apollo (was the Odeon), The Marquee, The Forum (was the Town and Country), The Garage (was TandC 2), The Astoria, The Hackney Empire, The Brixton Academy, The New Cross Venue, as well as innumerable pubs, warehouses, cardboard 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 because the sex ratio is a bit more even.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Bars:[EBOLD] (6) The sports centre bar is the cheapest. Runnymede has 2 newly refurbished[ITAL] [EITAL]bars.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] The University operates an arts centre to feed its [ITAL]otherwise aesthetically starved[EITAL] students with a variety of artistic facilities, including a small customised theatre.[PARA][BOLD]Cinemas:[EBOLD] The University cinema showed the likes of Jurassic Park, Cliffhanger and Much Ado, last year.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD] The SU's club venue, The Academy (cap 525, adm ú3) is the fun focus 4 nights a week. Huge summer raves are held in the Sunken Gardens at Runnymede.[PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] The Academy is also the University's largest site for sounds, but not exactly big time. There are rare classical 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]good[EITAL] in the popular local pubs (Coachman, Three Tuns) and there's the refectory in the SU building open until the early evening. After that, there's all sorts of [ITAL]reasonable[EITAL] regular restaurants (Chinese, Indian, pizza and so on) and fast food fixes until at least midnight. [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: home-cooking at Tilly's Diner throughout the day. [EITAL][PARA][PARA]
