In a letter published in " Varsity " at the end of the year 1971-2, Harry Newman wrote, " Varsity began over a bottle of sherry in John's, matured over a bottle of port in Caius and blossomed with a firkin of ale over the Victoria Cinema, where we pecked out the first issue on trestle tables ( without chairs ).
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Screenwriter Michael Herr remembers working with him on " Full Metal Jacket ", in what he describes as Kubrick's home " War Room " which was a large space " crammed with desks and computers and filing cabinets " and " long trestle tables littered " with sketches and idea papers and photos of " streets, pagodas, prostitutes, shrines, and signs ."