SHOCKING: 16 - What They Never Told You

The culture warriors have come for the National Trust. This is how we take them on – and win

Organised populists are trying to drag our cherished institution into polarising and divisive rows. The public won’t let them, says Celia Richardson, National Trust director of communications

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024

A cheaper way to join the National Trust if you’re over 60

Brief letters: National Trust for Scotland | Voting ID | Gallery behaviour | True lies | Swiss army knife

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024

Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.

The National Trust's annual list includes Eatonville, the all-Black Florida town memorialized by Zora Neale Hurston, Alaska's Sitka Tlingit Clan houses, and the home of country singer Cindy Walker.

WEKU · May 1, 2024

‘I’m not afraid of anybody now’: the woman who revealed links between National Trust houses and slavery – and was vilified

Prof Corinne Fowler’s report into colonial history sparked a furore about ‘wokeness’ and heritage. We join her on one of the routes from her book of rural walks that highlight how all our lives are entwined with colonialism

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024

Tory party has ‘lost any right’ to call itself patriotic, says Keir Starmer

Labour leader accuses Conservatives of having ‘denigrated some of our proudest national institutions’ and stoking divisions

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2024

Lost orchards and blossom flourish in placenames across England and Wales

Doubling of related street, house and farm names since 1900 gives glimpse of flower ‘ghosts’, says National Trust

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2024

Strong winds and lightning strikes batter much of UK

Met Office says it could not verify if strong gusts in Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire were a tornado

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

Wrestling the octopus: the masked gang who fought to save England from urban sprawl

Bludy Beershop, Bill Stickers, Red Biddy: with their unlikely pseudonyms, the members of ‘Ferguson’s Gang’ raised a fortune for the National Trust – and rescued many landmarks from oblivion. But who were they?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

Gardener ‘honoured’ to join gallery of servants at Welsh country house

Glyn Smith is first addition since 1920 to portraits commemorating staff at Erddig in Wrexham

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024

76% of children want to spend more time in nature, new research shows - but parents face these two common barriers

The National Trust has asked children and parents about access to the outdoors, and it's calling on the government to ensure that everyone lives within 15 minutes of a green space.

GoodToKnow · Apr 8, 2024