Arion named Inter-House debating champions in an impressive final

Monday morning saw an impressive contest of oratorical jousting between Wellesley and Arion in the Hauser & Wirth Recital Hall on the motion: This house believes that, on balance, the present is the best time in human history to be alive. Wellesley, as proposers of the motion, set out a thoughtful argument; Bronte Preston drew on an impressive array of talking points and data – social and historical progress laying the foundation for the proposing rationale. Arion matched their opponents, bringing the discussion into philosophical territory – posing some quite challenging and profound ideas for a first thing on a Monday morning: is a long life equitable to a good life, for example? In the end, Arion just pipped the proposers of the motion by a point, edging out Wellesley on the Pathos aspect of the judging criteria – Abi Waller’s final rhetorical flourishes winning it for the opposers of the motion, leaving us all to ponder the, perhaps gloomy, question: if we’re not living in the best time now, will we ever be…?

Guyan Mitra - Head of Debating 

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