Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Naming the Erection
I can exclusively reveal that the Cambridge University Library is to be renamed the Durex Library. The venerable condom maker seized this golden sponsorship opportunity when it was pointed out that the building had been called 'this magnificent erection' at the opening ceremony. In my days under the library's sinister, threatening shadow it was assumed this had been said by George V. Now, it seems, the words that ensured the Durex deal were spoken by none other than Neville Chamberlain.
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A blog about, among other things, imaginary ideas - What ifs? and Imagine thats. What if photographs looked nothing like what we see with our eyes? Imagine that the Berlin Wall had never come down. What if we were the punchline of an interminable joke? All contributions welcome.
One of the most sinister buildings it has ever been my misfortune to sleep in. A cross between a power station and Cap'n Nemo's submarine. Give me the Bod any day.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they'll be offering library tickets in banana, strawberry and new! Kiwi fruit flavours.
ReplyDeleteGiven the advanced age of many scholars, Gaw, these old libraries must get a fair few who "fall asleep" only they don't wake up again. I wonder what happens. Perhaps they are still there.