Topics
Topics in the UK honours
Every UK honour carries a short official citation, the “For services to…” line published in The London Gazette. Honoria reads those citations and distils them into topics, so you can see what Britain chose to recognise: the causes, professions and communities behind the medals.
Each recipient’s citation is read for the topics it mentions, and those topics are organised into a taxonomy that runs from broad areas down to specific causes. Browse the hierarchy below, or open any topic to see its recipients, how they break down by award, and how recognition has changed over time.
Topics by number of recipients
Broad areas with their sub-topics, sized by the number of recipients. Click any tile to explore.
Browse all topics
Expand an area to reveal the more specific topics beneath it.
- Community9,552
- Education4,789
- Government1,181
- Sport881
- Economy424
- Religion230
- Media166
- Family149
- Leadership117
- Military116
- Abuse111
- Violence87
- Labour46
- Leisure31
- Conflict16
- Partnership255
- Protection254
- Awareness170
- Sports151
- Improvement121
- Reform86
- Access70
- Award58
- Funding51
- Capital37
- Vehicle35
- Clubs28
- Networks22
- Activity18
- Driving13
- Testing11
- Wool3