Scott Carlson writes, in the Chronicle's Buildings & Grounds Blog, about the Guardian's reporting of controversies about adding modern amenities to "grand old college buildings."

At the University of Cambridge's Old Schools, people noticed a hole in the floor of the Regent House Combination Room and wondered if maintenance people were fixing the pipes or somesuch. When they found out the university was putting in an elevator, they were appalled. "It is historically the most important room in the universities of the English-speaking world. It is the cradle of Cambridge's democracy, our Westminster Hall

The article in the Guardian can be read here.