136 LONDON LIVING
LONDON ON THE CHEAP No matter the size of your overdraft or
this slot their restaurant next door serves
HEALTH
how rich mummy and daddy are, you’ll
pretty cheap food all day. The only
Just because you’re poor doesn’t
find living in London an expensive past
downside is, with its metal plates and
mean you have to be unhealthy.
time, with things inevitably getting tight
(surprisingly) miserable staff this isn’t a
Visit www.lafitness.co.uk/vouchers.
as the end of term approaches. To help
very good venue for a date.
aspx?voucher=1daypass and you’ll a
you out during the lean times we’ve put
one day free pass to an LA fitness gym
together a list of all the things it’s pos-
Conferences and Events join the LSE
of your choosing. Our local LA fitness at
sible to get for nothing or nearly nothing
gravy train! To pull in the best speakers LSE
the Waldorf also runs free Pole Dancing
in London. If you are experiencing genu-
has to put on the best spread. Plenty of
sessions every Wednesday evening. The
ine financial difficulties, we recommend
LSE events have food related after parties
mind boggles…
you apply for financial support.
usually in the atrium (where the Student Services Centre is) or the Shaw library.
If Tim Henman’s woefully poor perfor-
THE ILLEGAL BUT FREE BUS
All you need to do is flirt with one of the
mances at Wimbledon achieved any-
Boris Johnson may hate them but
stewards guarding the entrance and
thing it was scaring politicians so much
students and poor people love them. If
you’ll get access to all the free wine and
about the future of British tennis that
you’re willing to take the risk the ‘bendy’
hummous related dips you can consume.
they actually let people play on public
articulated bus could be your free ride home. Some less savoury members of the LSE Students’ Union have been known to not touch in on their Oystercards when they get on the bus (which is extremely easy due to the number of doors). Please
tennis courts for free. Unfortunately most
“LONDON IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE WORLD...NOT IF YOU ARE AS CHEAP AS US”
note that ticket inspectors do periodically
of the central London courts don’t do this but check out www.tennisforfree. com to see if your Borough Council is signed up. With Andy Murray not even getting passed the Semi’s this offer might continue for a while now.
get on these buses, and the fines are
Also, never underestimate the power
extremely heavy if you get caught and
of the departmental party. Although
FREE GIGS/MUSIC
you could face a court order. Ouch.
some (like Government Department) are
The iTunes Festival: this festival has only
underperformers never, ever turn down
been running for two years but it’s
an invitation to an IR party.
already extremely popular fixture of the
The Students’ Union does not condone fare evasion, and students should
London festival list. For the whole of July
beware that they could end up with a
Plaza Café on Sunday evenings it has
Apple give anyone with an iTunes store
criminal record if caught.
been known for sandwiches to be given
account the chance to win tickets to
away for free with your tea in a desper-
see a huge variety of bands playing at
ate bid to ensure that they aren’t binned.
the Roundhouse in Camden. During this
FOOD Free Hare Krishna food not only do they
marathon 31 days of music you could
drop by campus, if you’re away from LSE
If all else fails Sainsbury’s 8p noodles are
see anyone from Paolo Nutini to Flo Rida.
you could visit them outside SOAS. Their
the poor man’s (or woman’s) staple food
All you have to do is go to this website:
central London temple on Soho Street
of choice. Also, if you want free ‘Jelly
www.ituneslive.co.uk from the 1st of June
which is just off Oxford Street also serves
Beans’ check out the Jelly Belly website:
to apply for tickets and then sit back
free vegetarian meals. All you need to
www.jellybelly-uk.com and click on the
and wait to find if you win. Even for those
do is get there between 12.30 and 13.00
‘samples’ link. Everyday they send out
who don’t apply 200 tickets are held
every Monday to Saturday. If you miss
100 free sample packs to a lucky few.
back to be given out on the door.