How did I know that I was at the University of Manchester? Because the walls were covered in Manchester band posters. Gathered together like this, you were forced to appreciate the impact of city’s music scene on the history of pop music.

I didn’t make it far into the library. I couldn’t make sense of the floating glass stairs that led up to the reading rooms. Every time I ventured to take a step, I feared that I would slip off a stair and crash onto the marble floor below. It was safer to return to the foyer.