London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Portugal Street London

Westminster

LSE pulls in serious lecturers and public figures from around the world. You get debates on politics, economics, international policy, social issues, the kind of events that draw students and policy types who actually want to think things through properly. Nothing here is decorative or for show. The campus sits tucked into Covent Garden, among libraries and other cultural institutions, quiet enough to focus. Most events are free or cheap. It's the kind of place where you overhear real conversations in the foyer afterwards, where people linger arguing a point or wanting to keep talking about what they just heard.

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Nearby venues

• Hunterian Museum 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE
• The Three Tuns Camden
• Peacock Theatre WC2A 2HT
• National Museum of Folk London
• City Lit WC2B 4BA
• Sir John Soane's Museum London
• The Last Judgment WC2A 1DT
• Instituto Cervantes WC2R 3JJ