Tessa Dunlop

I went looking for the founder of England – and discovered him alive and kicking in Oxfordshire

Alfred the Great was once a poster-boy for male gallantry, but he fell out of favour in the last century. Now he is ripe for a comeback

Tessa Dunlop 15 Apr 2025, 7:15am

The grim history of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

4/5

John Nichol’s The Unknown Warrior tells the fascinating history of the grave, while never portraying it as a fix-all for grievers

Tessa Dunlop 16 Sep 2024, 11:15am
‘I would have clashed with them over Germany’: Edward VIII's secret memoir casts him in a new light

4/5

Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII is filled with personal details suppressed for over 70 years

Tessa Dunlop 27 Oct 2023, 5:00pm
Should we trust an academic to reform the Royal family?

3/5

Ed Owens has some radical proposals for the monarchy, with bureaucratic innovations, new ‘King’s Days’ – and the King’s abdication

Tessa Dunlop 2 Sep 2023, 6:00pm

I’m a monarchist – but this republican polemic made me pause

4/5

Arrested at the Coronation, republican Graham Smith has written a powerful book – yet it could, ironically, be to the Royal family’s benefit

Tessa Dunlop 1 Jun 2023, 12:00pm