Shadows after work

Shadows on the wall as late evening sunshine breaks through in the staff bar.

The staff bar is a horrendous affair, a badly insulated room with pine panelling, a loud carpet and even louder academics and postgrads braying over pints of bitter. Every Friday there's a group of postgrads playing some game that involves slamming dice down on the table, which not only adds to the general unbearable volume but also generally enrages, causing everyone nearby to jump every 10 seconds.

By day staff bar is also one of the few food outlets, but that doesn't make it good either. Boiled meat products ("roast"), over-salted soup and lasagne with carrots in are a few of their specialties. Ugh.