[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]COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.20 [BULL] Glass of wine: 95p[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Bars:[EBOLD] (5) The Waterfront at the Strand is the College's heart and [PARA]soul, full of serious session drinkers, whereas Tutu's (no [PARA]smoking) is more of a daytime lounge. Also: 1 at Chelsea; 1 at [PARA]Kensington; and the Penthouse at the hospital, [ITAL]which is the [PARA]absolute fun focus for medical students and the hospital nurses.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] Drama is strong at King's which sent 2 shows to last [PARA]year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has its own theatre at the [PARA]Strand - a lecture hall by day, a [ITAL]passable[EITAL] theatre when the [PARA]evening curtain falls.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos:[EBOLD] Friday night is club night in Tutu's (cap 650) which [PARA]has a sound system [ITAL]that strums a deafening drum roll on the ear[PARA][EITAL]and so it should for the ú250,000 they spent on it. [ITAL] The other [PARA]sites are not outdone, though:[EITAL] the bar at Kensington is bop city 2 [PARA]or 3 times a term and the refectory at Chelsea throws its all into [PARA]termly discos. The Penthouse bar at the hospital expands into [PARA]the next room (cap 300) and makes [ITAL]a hot spot to trot.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Music venues:[EBOLD] Tutu's is used for band nights [ITAL]attracting many a [PARA]name of note and tone[EITAL], for example, recently, Paul Weller, Oui 3,[PARA]Urban Species, Mike Fab-gere and The Permissive Society.[PARA][BOLD]Cabaret:[EBOLD] Tutu's is also the cabaret club, 4 times a term, featuring [PARA]recently Jack Dee, Hugh Lennon and Richard Morton.[PARA][BOLD]Others:[EBOLD] The SU keep trotting out a host of hoots [ITAL]well-attended [EITAL]by [PARA]students on each site: weekly bar quizzes, karaoke. Each year [PARA]there's a thoroughly formal May Ball.[PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]EATING OUT:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]The College-run cafeterias at the Strand have [ITAL]inspiring[EITAL] names [PARA]like GO1 (snack bar), B1 (refectory) and B2 (waitress restaurant).[PARA]Meanwhile, the eateries at Kensington and Chelsea are just called[PARA]'refectories' - [ITAL]apt enough[EITAL]. The hospital has the[ITAL] even less [PARA]enthralling[EITAL] monicker 'hospital canteen'. Still it's the food you eat, [PARA]not the names. The SU runs a cafeteria at the Strand in the [PARA]Waterfront Bar, which overlooks the Thames and Tutu's sells [PARA]cheap pizzas, baked spuds and breakfast. [BOLD]Eating out in London:[EBOLD] [PARA]see [ULNE]University of London[EULNE][BOLD].[EBOLD][PARA][PARA]
