THE Graduate is a) a film starring Dustin Hoffman as a university graduate who is seduced by an older woman before falling in love with her daughter. It is also b) an oddly-shaped pub in Greenwich. Well, I say oddly-shaped but I am still undecided exactly what shape it is.

I’m settling on wedge shaped because this is probably the most accurate way of describing it as it seems a lot smaller from the front than when you venture inside.

Apparently this strange shape also fits in a 17-piece big band once a week.

Yes, not three or four members but 17 wedge (do you see what I did there?) themselves into the boozer and play swing and other styles for the thirsty regulars.

Their thirst went hand-in-hand with their friendliness as one of them engaged me in a conversation as soon as I approached the bar.

It was about dating someone called Stella — in the same way people in kebab shops joke about going out with someone called Donna — but it was a conversation nevertheless.

You may have already guessed I had to order Stella Artois (£3) because the two badges on the beer pumps were turned around which was disappointing.

It tasted as Stella does and the Carling (£2.70) was also not out of the ordinary but I feel most of the regulars would have appreciated a few real ales to choose from.

They would have fitted in more with the homely feel of the place which has the friendliness of a friend’s living room but with traditional pub fixtures and fittings rather than distressed-look sofas.

All in all it is a good decent local where it seems it would be easy enough to be accepted as a regular.