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One of my supervisors has room which is regency panelled with shuttered windows and a high ceiling. There's a big fireplace on the mantle above which is a photograph of his wife, his graduation photograph and a scale model of Minas Tirith.

When I pointed it out he looked slightly embarrassed. Then he realised that I hadn't said 'isn't that that place from lord of the rings?' but that I'd identified it by name. Huge, cheeky schoolboy grin. :)