One of the unenviable side-effects of teaching a new subject is that you have to venture into new lecture theatres. On the day of my first lecture, I made the amusing discovery that the 'Old Pathology' theatre was not located in the medical building, a fact that induced a frantic heart-pumping run across the campus to the right place. I soon spotted the theatre -- it was the one supported by scaffolding, with a team of painters, carpenters and electricians having a tea-break outside. By now I was cursing my blas attitude of the day before, when I had assured myself that my keen lecturing skills meant a reconnoitre of 'Old Path' was unnecessary.
Andrew Davison