Manchester Royal Infirmary

Goalkeeper Bert Troutman broke his neck playing for FA Cup winners Manchester City in the final last Saturday, but he did not find out about it until yesterday.

Not until he was X-rayed at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

The doctors told him, it is a wonder you did not ride through Manchester on a hearse instead of the victory course on Monday.

One bad joke could have killed you.

Yes, the first idea that most architects have is, let's have an egg shape, let's have an oval, because we're all in a circle together.

But that goes wrong very quickly, because Islam likes to concentrate at one end of the room, and then what happens at the other end, it is that, let's say, Manchester Royal Infirmary.

The people who organize the spaces, they will have meetings between the different clergy of all different faiths, and they are very productive, and that is a genuine case of people meeting and understanding each other.

But as soon as they go away and leave the room to be used, it all falls

Whereas the fact that it's behind a door, people aren't watching, you've absolutely no idea what's going on out there.

Very strange things are happening.

So, well, let me tell the story of Manchester Royal Infirmary.

It's an egg-shaped room.