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 342 Opinion Articles listed by date and they are all freely searchable by theme, author or keyword.
Green Brexit: a historical perspective
Mitya Pearson notes the government's plans for a “Green Brexit” and outlines the history of environmental governance in the UK – successful and unsuccessful.
Read MoreAfter the Windrush scandal: are other groups a target?
Mike Slaven and Christina Boswell trace the Windrush scandal to institutionalised “symbolic policy-making” at the Home Office and point up the implications for EU citizens in the UK post-Brexit.
Read MoreWhy has the UK prosecuted so few war criminals?
The UK seems to have set an unusually high bar for prosecuting war criminals, argues Jon Silverman, but a lack of transparency prevents us knowing why.
Read MoreHistorians are citizens, but their expertise is even more important
Glen O'Hara calls for a new approach to Brexit from historians – personal politics should be put aside if expertise is to win through.
Read More100 years of suffrage
Lucy Delap and Ben Griffin reflect on the “stepping stone” nature of the 1918 Act, which came into force 100 years ago today and extended the franchise to some women.
Read MoreWars on waste, then and now
Henry Irving finds a precedent for today's proposed measures against plastic waste in Second World War recycling and salvage – but will the public respond today with the same willingness?
Read MoreLost files, history thieves and contemporary British history
Daniel Lomas sets the recent loss of historical papers by the government in context – cock-up or conspiracy?
Read MoreOpen diplomacy? New embassies and old on the Thames
As the new US embassy is unveiled in London, Carl Bridge and Eileen Chanin look at a historical example of a truly “open” embassy building.
Read MoreAre employment rates of disabled people “at the highest level since records began”?
Lucy Delap shows that the history of disabled employment may not be the steady upward progression the government would like to suggest
Read MoreBrexit and the great British breakfast
James P. Bowen and John Martin identify the agricultural sector's challenges – seasonal fruit-pickers are the best publicised part of the problem, but the permanent workforce will be affected too.
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