Elsewhere at Warwick — Volume 47 Issue I

Articles in this section originally appeared in Volume 47, Issue I of The Boar, published Tuesday 24 September, 2024.

HistSoc magazine launch

The Warwick History Society has become the latest society on campus to field its own publication with the launch of Rewind magazine.

Pitching itself as “the home of Warwick student history”, the online newsletter will aim to publish two articles a week, submitted by students, on a broad range of historical topics.

Themes for articles will include narratives and analysis of historical events, spotlights on everyday life and cultures throughout history, and comparative pieces between the past and today.

Jakob Reid, Editor of the magazine, told The Boar that: “I’m delighted with how Rewind has come together. It’s been fantastic to create a platform where students can showcase their passion for history and share their unique perspectives”.

Students hoping to write for Rewind are encouraged to join the newsletter’s WhatsApp, where article pitches will be posted, available through the link on their Instagram, @rewindwarwick. Additionally, there will be an in-person launch for the magazine on Thursday Week 1.

Concerns over Tory probe

Students have voiced unhappiness at the length of the ongoing investigation into the Warwick Tories, prompted after a video of members dancing to a ‘Nazi anthem’ led to the group’s suspension.

A spokesperson for student group Disband the Warwick Tories told The Boar that the University’s 90-working-day deadline for an outcome, which expires on 4 November, was “disappointing”. They further raised concerns over the nature of the society’s suspension, given that as of 11 September membership for the group was still being sold on the SU website, whilst the group’s webpage continued to advertise events in Welcome Week.

Bedtime story “twaddle”

There was anger online after an article containing quotes from a ‘Warwick professor’ made the rounds on social media. Published in National Review, the story cited a Professor Adam Swift who suggested that parents who read bedtime stories to their children risk “unfairly disadvantaging” other people’s kids. Commentators including LBC’s Iain Dale, GBNews’ Tom Harwood, and Conservative MP Alicia Kearns leapt on the story, with Ms Kearns declaring: “Read to your children every single night […] Do not listen to utter twaddle.”

Unfortunately for all involved, the story turned out to be baseless. Though the article was real, it was first published over nine years ago, in May 2015. Professor Swift, who was at the time a Professor of Political Theory at Warwick, has since moved to University College London in 2018. Parents looking to disadvantage other people’s children could try reading his new book, ‘How to Think About Religious Schools’, to their own. Although The Boar would not imagine the other children will particularly mind.