London For A Bargain

The vending machine has gone upmarket. Once the preserve of ludicrously over­priced cigarettes and fairground chickens that, upon the insertion of 20p, would with an exultant cluck release their plastic bounty into the grimy paws of a raptured audience, they now stock genuine pieces of art that can be acquired for a proletariat­freindly £1 (now £2).
Hayvend machines can be found at several locations around the capital, containing the original work of more than 100 artists who have put their creations into small yellow boxes ­ so you never know what your going to get.