Opinion Articles

H&P encourages historians to use their expertise to shed light on issues of the day. If you are interested in submitting an opinion piece for publication, please see our editorial guidelines. We currently have 338 Opinion Articles listed by date and they are all freely searchable by theme, author or keyword.


The reclosure of files on the royal family: some questions for the National Archives

Inspired by our recent opinion article by Alison McClean, historian and royal biographer Andrew Lownie writes about his own experience of the reclosure of files on the royal family at the National Archives and poses some urgent questions for the Keeper of TNA. We need to know on whose authority these reclosures are being made and why there is not greater transparency and accountability regarding this process.

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The deep past provides a context for King Charles’s coronation

With 6 May looming, David Pratt argues that more engagement is needed with the medieval roots of the modern coronation service. History might help to address some tricky modern problems.

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Visiting the Pope the monarchs private visit

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Edward VII: a role model for Charles?

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‘Little grape’ and the ‘right to reign’

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Baby George is named, but beware the christening

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What’s in a name? Naming Baby Cambridge

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The Summer baby who will be King… or Queen

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Queen Victoria: the heart of a heartless political world

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All Aboard! Return of the royal yacht?

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