Comments on: Today’s dilemma

By: neil h

neil h — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:35:34 +0000

Wasn’t the Adelphi where they filmed the bit of ‘GBH’ with the Doctor Who convention? As far as I know, the Adelphi is a grand hotel that has really gone to pot. Friends who have been at SF conventions there say that thefts from rooms are a real problem too.

By: Rob L

Rob L — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:30:19 +0000

That was the hotel that the 1997 BBC docu-soap cleverly titled Hotel was about. Wouldn't touch with a barge pole.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:18:55 +0000

Ah, the dear old Adelphi! When I was a student in Liverpool I always wanted to stay there. It was a gorgeous anachronism. Ten years later I got my chance – a weekend break at a bargain price with a partnet in one of the suites with balconies looking down Ranelagh Street. It was wonderful, in a steampunkish way. Nothing much had changed since the White Star liners docked and the plumbing had to be seen to be believed. But then, I like that kind of thing. Not everybody does, I believe, and they will probably be happier at the Holiday Inn. I say go for it. I may ask to kip on your floor, actually, as I’m supposed to be going to Spring Conf, but I suspect I might go for a B&B on the Wirral.