Poor Joanna, jet lagged, not feeling well, and off to visit a university with both parents in toe (they wanted a day out). These days parents are very much customers too. We refused to go in the Parents' waiting area/ bar/ creche (bean bags on the floor). But what great entertainment! we were taken around by enthusiastic (well paid) students who showed us student rooms, complete with students lounging on their beds (paid too). It was like a cross between a National Trust tour and reality TV. Royal Holloway's Building is extraordinary. I can think of nowhere quite like it.
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| Founders Building 1887- Chapel- Picture Gallery- Dinning Hall - Library- bedrooms with high ceilings. |
So the university has chosen Joanna, but will Joanna choose them? All universities come out with their spin on statistics. I was reminded of Judgemeadows old headteacher who said of their GCSE results "the best results in Leicester". And when I questioned this, "best results from a non-selective school" was the reply. The faith schools had done better than us. "Quick thinking", I said (after a long pause.)
The drama space is perfect. A regency house with theatre tagged on, set in a peaceful garden.
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| Drama Department |
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| Caryl Churchill Theatre |
New Architecture? Of course, where else can all these student loans be spent?
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| New Library for RHL, but will Joanna fill one of these spaces? |
The down side? I think we all agree with Dr Suess on that one I'm afraid.
See Wikapedia entry for Egham
During World War II, American author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss was briefly stationed in Egham as part of his work on the propaganda film Your Job in Germany. He did not settle well in the town, despite the efforts of his RAF host Flight Sergeant Sam Beckinsale to draw the local amenities to his attention. When it was pointed out how green the area was, due in part to its proximity to Windsor Great Park he retorted "I do not like green Egham". Geisel later cited this as the inspiration for his 1960 best-selling book Green Eggs and Ham and the often-repeated line in the book "I do not like them Sam I Am. I do not like green eggs and ham".[8]
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| Waddesdon Manor |
Just thought- what about Waddesdon Manor? - Victorian Loire style?
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| Craiglhouse Campus, Napier University |
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| Royal Victorian Patriotic Building |
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