Sunday, April 01, 2007
Beer means buildings
There is some lovely architecture on the University site at Potterow. I don't know how conducive it is to learning but it certainly looks good.
According to BeerInTheEvening.com, Teviot Row House on Bristo square is one of the Edinburgh University student union buildings, containing several pubs (from 2 to 5, depending on how you count them) which include a quiet local-style pub on the 3rd floor and a Sportsman's Bar with arcades and oodles of pool tables in the basement. Lucky bastards.
On the other hand, McEwan Hall (completed 1897) serves as the venue for graduation ceremonies and other academic events. There is a strong beer connection as the building was financed from Sir William McEwan's bottomless pockets (founder of what is now the Scottish & Newcastle brewing group.
And to think I went to Swansea University which had one bar on campus and that was run by the University (shut on Sundays). What a fool I was.
According to BeerInTheEvening.com, Teviot Row House on Bristo square is one of the Edinburgh University student union buildings, containing several pubs (from 2 to 5, depending on how you count them) which include a quiet local-style pub on the 3rd floor and a Sportsman's Bar with arcades and oodles of pool tables in the basement. Lucky bastards.
On the other hand, McEwan Hall (completed 1897) serves as the venue for graduation ceremonies and other academic events. There is a strong beer connection as the building was financed from Sir William McEwan's bottomless pockets (founder of what is now the Scottish & Newcastle brewing group.
And to think I went to Swansea University which had one bar on campus and that was run by the University (shut on Sundays). What a fool I was.
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