London On The Cheap: 20-26 January
How to keep out of the red and in the pink this week.
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Things to do in London for a fiver or less
London On The Cheap: 6-12 January 2011
Say yah boo sucks to the post-Christmas pinch and January blues. Revel in austerity with some cheap and cheerful entertainment.
London On The Cheap: 9-15 December
Festive cheapness can be found pootling round Christmas fairs and markets or signing up for seasonal volunteering. For other stuff that’s cheap this week, read on…
London On The Cheap: 2-8 December
Tonight: Gather at the Scoop, 2.30pm, to find out if London will host the World Cup in 2018. Witness the lighting of the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree. Starts at 6pm but get there early for a good vantage point. Head down to Bermondsey for a …
London On The Cheap: 4-10 November
Whizz bang, it’s Bonfire Night weekend. Scour our round of up of flaming events for the free ones – watch out for paid and ticketed events. Away from the sparklers and burning pyres, there’s plenty more to do for not a lot of dosh. A …
London On The Cheap: 28 October – 3 November
The Courtauld Gallery (open late tonight) by Where The Art Is There’s plenty of spooky, ooky and kooky free and cheapness this week but please check out our Halloween and Day of the Dead posts for those. If you’re steering clear of pagan festivities, here’s …
London On The Cheap: 14-20 October
You could walk waterfront London with a Westminster Guide this Saturday or you could drop by Foyles Gallery and see our free exhibition Thames Barrier to Teddington. This picture by tubb is in it. Skint this week? You could stay home and try and crack …
What’s On In London This Bank Holiday Weekend? 26-30 August
This week we’re combining London On The Cheap and our Weekend post to give you the best of the bank holiday weekend, whatever the weather. Photo of that brilliant Carnival image used by TFL all round the tube by version3point1 All weekend The Notting Hill …
£2 Birthday Specials at Benito’s Hat – TODAY
Photography by Chris Osburn The original Benito’s Hat location at Goodge Street (not the very newly opened one near Covent Garden) is celebrating its second birthday today (July 28th) with a sombrero full of two quid specials: Coronas, tacos, and mini frozen margaritas. Today is …
New Restaurant Review: NOW
Photography by Chris Osburn Bringing street food to an upscale(ish) takeaway counter at Liverpool Street, NOW offers quick and easy (and rather inexpensive) food “inspired by the food stalls and street stands of Southern China”. Londonist commuted over for a sample of their fare and …
London’s Best Chips: Kennedy’s
Photography by Chris Osburn A quid and 20 pence affords you a more than ample fistful of takeaway chips from this Clerkenwell mainstay. There’s a large portion available for £1.80 as well. The chips are chunky, thick and golden – firm on the outside, kinda …
