Cheapskate London - Monday 14 July 2025

Happy Monday Cheapskater,

I hope you’ve all been managing to negotiate the heatwave and stay cool - ideally in front of a fan or in a nice air-conditioned gallery or museum 🧊🎨.

This week, we’ve teamed up with the wonderful National Portrait Gallery, where the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award exhibition is now open - and totally free to visit!

This long-standing competition - one of the world’s biggest portrait prizes, open to all artists aged 18+ - features 46 striking works from around the globe, from classic oil paintings to bold contemporary takes on portraiture. Find out more about this brilliant show here.

Have a world-class week,
Kate x

P.S. Congrats to Cheapskate reader Simone N, who won a collection of five incredible perfumes thanks to our partner, AURRA London. Scroll down for your chance to win six months of physiotherapy worth £600(!) - plus everyone who enters this competition gets a free physio session… yes you read that right!!!