Free & Cheap

On a budget? Looking for something free to do in London? There is plenty on offer for less than £5 - and we're here to help. London doesn't have to be as expensive as you think.
By Tabish Khan

Artists Explore What The Future Might Hold

Should Blackburn be renamed Yellowburn to make its residents happier.
By Laura Reynolds

Free Film Screenings At Riverside Ampitheatre

A summer of outdoor cinema comes to a close.
By Silvia Baretta

Celebrate National Paralympic Day With Liberty Festival

Loads of free outdoor activities.

By Sarah Stewart

A Mobile Museum For Barking And Dagenham?

Plans afoot to document memories of housing estates.
By Silvia Baretta

Free And Cheap London Events: 25-31 August 2014

Hedonism at the Science Museum, night market and swimming.

Cheer On Paralympic GB Medallists At National Paralympic Day

You can also have a go yourself.

National Gallery: Summer Lates, Free Art, Italy Holiday

Get arty on a Friday and win a trip to Italy.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Bhangra, Bollywood And Biryani: Mela's Back

Enormous free festival of South Asia.
By Chris Lockie

Notting Hill Carnival's Top Sound Systems

And it's not just all about the reggae.

Bethere: Share Your London Plans With Friends

Find out about the party before it happens.
By Silvia Baretta

Free And Cheap London Events: 18-24 August 2014

Exhibitions, music events and Notting Hill Carnival.

By M@

Ten Things To See At Open House 2014

Full programme of 800 buildings revealed today.
By Ruth Hargreaves

See Battersea Power Station Transformed Into A Fire Garden

A visual treat before it closes for development.
By Tabish Khan

The Art And Science Of Exploration In Greenwich

Paintings of Captain Cook's voyages in the Pacific.
By Tabish Khan

A Load Of Rubbish At The Science Museum

Thirty days of in-house garbage.
By Laura Reynolds

Free Entertainment In Covent Garden This Weekend

Solar-powered cinema and emergency poetry.
By Tabish Khan

Rapid Response Collecting At V&A

What will history remember? A plastic gun or Flappy Bird?
By Silvia Baretta

Free And Cheap London Events: 11-17 August 2014

Exciting things that'll cost you little or nothing.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London's First Indoor Skatepark Opens Under Waterloo Station

What happened next to the Old Vic Tunnels.
By James Drury

Ewe-nique Shaun The Sheep Art Trail Heading To London

Bleeting marvellous.

London Talent Continues To Impress At Westfield Centres

Themed workshops, performances and activities for three more weeks.
By Tabish Khan

Cut Copy Paste: Three Artists Explore Collage

Close-ups of ship hulls and psychedelic tapestries
By Ruth Hargreaves

Pick Up A Bargain At The Drowned Man Prop Sale

Theatre props, costumes and set dressings up for grabs.
By James Drury

Is This London's Oddest Auction?

Get your hands on a crystal-encrusted dog skeleton