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 forgotten Benn

Professor Steven Fielding considers Benn's challenge to the Labour Party to respond to the transformations of the 1960s and galvanise a grassroots progressive politics.

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Tony Benn and the radical socialist tradition

Jad Adams explores the radical socialist tradition in which Tony Benn was firmly rooted, while Professor Steven Fielding considers Benn's challenge to the Labour Party to respond to the transformations of the 1960s and galvanise a grassroots progressive politics.

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Bob Crow: effective industrial leader, naive politician?

The puzzling aspect of Bob Crow's astute union leadership was his far less effective political career, argues Dr Jim Moher, of H&P's Trade Union Forum. In the wake of the RMT leader's premature death, Dr Moher examines his early political influences, the history of the union he led, and the missed opportunities of alienation from the Labour Party.

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Visiting the Pope the monarchs private visit

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War commemorations and politics: Lessons from the nineteenth century

Following comments made by Education Secretary Michael Gove, Dr Karine Varley looks at the differing ways in which historians and politicians treat war history. 

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The Conservatives and Europe: the long view

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‘Children’ and the nanny state: shifting the boundaries of adolescence

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Edward VII: a role model for Charles?

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The Commonwealth Heads of Government: a question of leadership

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Historical method and international crises: weapons of mass destruction in Syria

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