About that last bit where he mentions the academic grant, I wonder if the standard of living afforded to academics has dropped over the years. If you hang arou

About that last bit where he mentions the academic grant, I wonder if the standard of living afforded to academics has dropped over the years. If you hang around Oxford and Cambridge, you find these old buildings that look impressive. Then you study there for a bit and you find out a lot of the places seem to be divided up, as if there was once a time when each member had much more space than they did when I got there. Same goes with the common areas, they somehow seem like they were meant to be used by fewer people. Of course there are also new building there, but they're all of the cramped office variety, lending further credence to the theory.