{"id":1468,"date":"2021-02-19T14:04:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2021-02-25T10:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:36:39","slug":"letters-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2021\/02\/19\/letters-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear <cite>subtext<\/cite>,<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by your piece on David Starkey&#8217;s prompt removal from Lancaster&#8217;s Honorary Degree list, I had a look at some of the other members. While I only used Google and Wikipedia, there seem to be at least two figures of note. One faces historical child sex abuse allegations and the other had endorsed a far-right political party (among other fascistic career links) within the same decade that they were honoured by the university.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not suggesting that these figures be necessarily removed, however, it is likely that any potential <q>full senate<\/q> of Lancaster University figures reviewing honorary degree holders would have access to greater records (as well as the reason for their recognition) than a student with a laptop. Perhaps a proper assessment is required by the university to avoid issues in the future.<\/p>\n<p>S. Dillane<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Come on readers! We know there are more national lockdowns per year than <cite>subtext<\/cite>s at the moment, but we still love to hear from more of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear subtext, Inspired by your piece on David Starkey&#8217;s prompt removal from Lancaster&#8217;s Honorary Degree list, I had a look at some of the other members. While I only used Google and Wikipedia, there seem to be at least two &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2021\/02\/19\/letters-31\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[603,605,611],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters","tag-david-starkey","tag-honorary-graduates","tag-issue-196"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-nG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1504,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2021\/11\/11\/letters-32\/","url_meta":{"origin":1468,"position":0},"title":"Letters","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"November 11 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear subtext, In response to the letter at the end of the recent subtext, I googled the Lancaster list. Many of the more recent names I had never heard of. It would be helpful if they put 'Dead' by the name of those who had died. Who has currently held\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;letters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"letters","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/letters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1521,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2021\/11\/11\/1521\/","url_meta":{"origin":1468,"position":1},"title":"Roll of (Dis)honour &#8211; Update","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"November 11 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"In subtext 196's letters page, referring to the previous issue's article on Lancaster's honorary graduates, our correspondent Sam Dillane wrote that, as well as Sir Cyril Smith (LLD, honoris causa, 1993), there were two other recipients of honorary degrees that the University might, on reflection, regret awarding. Who could they\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;news&quot;","block_context":{"text":"news","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1416,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2020\/10\/28\/roll-of-dishonour\/","url_meta":{"origin":1468,"position":2},"title":"Roll of (Dis)Honour","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"October 28 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"So, vale Dr David Starkey. Barely a week after subtext 194 hit virtual newsstands, the not-so-good doctor was expounding his take on the history of slavery - a topic on which, as a monarchical historian with an emphasis on the Tudor period, he was no doubt the most pre-eminent expert\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;news&quot;","block_context":{"text":"news","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1424,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2020\/10\/28\/editorial-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1468,"position":3},"title":"subtext 195 &#8211; remain indoors!","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"October 28 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Frequency determined by contributions received. Letters, contributions, & comments: subtext-editors@lancaster.ac.uk Back issues & subscription details: http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/about\/ In this issue: editorial, campus tour, unsafe teaching spaces, call for contributors, honorary graduates, lost and found, paying for empty rooms, Galgate by-pass, bus report, widden's review, no letters. ***************************************************** EDITORIAL And so we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;editorial&quot;","block_context":{"text":"editorial","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/editorial\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":295,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/01\/18\/theres-only-one-university-in-lancashire\/","url_meta":{"origin":1468,"position":4},"title":"THERE&#8217;S ONLY ONE UNIVERSITY IN LANCASHIRE","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"January 18 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"News reaches subtext that the University of Central Lancashire is formally consulting key stakeholders on a proposal to amend its name - specifically, to drop the word 'Central' so it would become the University of Lancashire. Well, we can't see anyone objecting to that, can we? Oh, hang on... UCLan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;news&quot;","block_context":{"text":"news","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1086,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2019\/11\/01\/goodbye-emeriti\/","url_meta":{"origin":1468,"position":5},"title":"GOODBYE EMERITI!","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"November 1 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Sad news reaches subtext from a retired member of staff. The University has decided to delete his email account, along with the email accounts of many other retired and honorary staff, with effect from the beginning of November. 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