Sky Rider wrote:

Erm... SOAS *is* part of the University of London!
I know that, except that I didn't know whether the particular building I
went to was SOAS territory or not.

Was it Senate House?
Yes - that's the one.

Senate House isn't really "SOAS territory" any more than Birkbeck is. It's
owned by the central university, with several central institutes based in
it.