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Spring 2024 audio edition highlights
 
We hope the spring issue of National Trust Magazine will inspire you to get out and about to experience all the season has to offer.
 
Join Head of Data Huw Davies on his quest to cycle to every place in the National Trust Handbook. Discover the intriguing 16-sided home, A la Ronde in Devon, with historian Suzannah Lipscomb. And find out how you can get involved in this year’s Festival of Blossom.
 
And, as always, you can discover events and activities to help you make the most of your membership this season, along with news stories to keep you up to date with all the work you’re supporting.
 
You can listen to individual articles at these timecodes:
 
00:00:00 Introduction and Editor’s letter
00:01:07 News from around the Trust
00:06:16 From the Director General
00:09:32 AGM report 2023
00:15:02 On your bike
00:27:29 Resetting the river
00:36:49 House of curiosities
00:49:16 Festival of Blossom
00:55:09 Coming together for nature
01:07:59 Out and about
01:13:41 Credits

To listen to more podcasts from the National Trust, go to:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts

Members of the Trust receive the print magazine free of charge. Full of behind-the-scenes stories and beautiful photography, we hope it will inspire you with all there is to discover and be part of with the National Trust. To find out more about membership go to: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/join-us 

Autumn 2023 audio edition highlights 
We hope the autumn issue of National Trust Magazine will inspire you to get out and about to experience all the season has to offer.

Find out how Trust places have shaped the hit TV series Dr Who as the show celebrates its 60th anniversary. 
Discover the hidden history of disability at Trust places, and how we’re working to make sure everyone feels welcome at the Trust today. 
Or join TV architect George Clarke in a conversation with curator Liz Green about the Trust’s most remarkable buildings.

And, as always, you can discover events and activities to help you make the most of your membership this season, along with news stories to keep you up to date with all the work you’re supporting. 
 
You can listen to individual articles at these timecodes: 


00:00:00 Introduction and Editor’s Letter 
00:01:23 News from around the Trust
00:06:56 From the Director General
00:10:34 Through space and time
00:25:46 Changing Chalk
00:37:10 In conversation with George Clarke and Liz Green
00:47:02 Everywhere and Nowhere
00:57:40 An object I love
01:02:49 Meet… Liz Nelstrop
01:06:27 My membership and Me
01:09:56 What's on
01:13:38 Credits
 
To listen to more podcasts from the National Trust, go to:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts
 
Members of the Trust receive the print magazine free of charge. Full of behind-the-scenes stories and beautiful photography, we hope it will inspire you with all there is to discover and be part of with the National Trust. To find out more about membership go to: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/join-us 

Summer 2023 audio edition highlights 
We hope the summer issue of National Trust Magazine will inspire you to get out and about to experience all the season has to offer.  


Hear about the Trust rangers working to restore and protect some of the UK’s wildest landscapes, and take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Trust’s two conservation studios where skilled experts look after some of history’s most remarkable objects. 


We’re also celebrating 75 years since the garden at Hidcote in Gloucestershire came into Trust care. Garden designer and broadcaster Chris Beardshaw delves in to the history of the Arts and Crafts garden and reveals how it has inspired his career. 
  
You can listen to individual articles at these timecodes: 


00:00:00 Introduction and Editor’s Letter 
00:01:10 News from around the Trust
00:05:40 From the Director General
00:10:11 These wild isles
00:29:27 Treasuring the past
00:43:38 A wild garden in a formal setting
00:58:40 Happy camping
01:07:26 My Membership and Me
01:10:54 What's On
01:15:44 Credits
 
To listen to more podcasts from the National Trust, go to:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts
 
Members of the Trust receive the print magazine free of charge. Full of behind-the-scenes stories and beautiful photography, we hope it will inspire you with all there is to discover and be part of with the National Trust. To find out more about membership go to: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/join-us 

Spring 2023 audio edition highlights
We hope the spring issue of National Trust Magazine will inspire you to get out and about to experience all the season has to offer. 


Find out how we’ve been working with people and other conservation charities to start conversations about nature, and come up with a plan to protect it for future generations.  


We’re also sharing a preview of a new book by Trust curators, in which they delve into the stories of 100 of the most remarkable books and manuscripts in our care. Meanwhile younger readers, and the young at heart, can go behind the scenes of the new Children’s Country House Museum at Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire, where everyone can enjoy hands-on history in a thoroughly new way. 


Finally enjoy the best show of the season with a round-up of places to discover spring blossom, from historic orchards to urban streets fizzing with flowers.
 
You can listen to individual articles at these timecodes:
  
00:00:00 Introduction and Editor’s Letter
00:01:24 News from around the Trust 
00:06:34 From the Director General
00:11:16 AGM report 2022
00:18:27 Let's talk about nature
00:31:42 Bring on the blossom
00:42:15 A journey through books
00:50:35 The Children’s Country House
01:02:23 My membership and me
01:05:55 What's on - events & exhibitions
01:10:00 Credits

 
To listen to more podcasts from the National Trust, go to:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts

Members of the Trust receive the print magazine free of charge. Full of behind-the-scenes stories and beautiful photography, we hope it will inspire you with all there is to discover and be part of with the National Trust. To find out more about membership go to:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/join-us

Autumn 2022 audio edition highlights
We hope the autumn audio issue of National Trust Magazine will help you to celebrate the coming season as the leaves turn gold and the air becomes fresh. 
We’re welcoming you outside to explore a garden in the sky in central Manchester and inside, to listen to the sounds of county houses once filled with music and noise.
 
You can listen to individual articles at these timecodes:
 
00:00:00 Introduction and Editor’s Letter
00:01:51 News from around the Trust 
00:07:53 From the Director General
00:12:11 Garden in the sky
00:23:14 Listening to the past
00:35:58 The Octavia Hill Lecture - Neil McGregor
00:41:38 Together we climb
00:52:25 Cabinets of curiosities
01:08:26 Meet Steve Hindle
01:12:00 What's On - Events & Exhibitions
01:15:18 Credits

To listen to more podcasts from the National Trust, go to:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts

Members of the Trust receive the print magazine free of charge. Full of behind the scenes stories and beautiful photography, we hope it will inspire you with all there is to discover and be part of with the National Trust. To find out more about membership go to: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/join-us

We hope the summer issue of National Trust Magazine will fill you with the joys of summer as our gardens start to bloom.

Take a tour of 20 Forthlin Road with Mike McCartney who grew up here with his brother Paul. Mike shares his memories in an intimate look at the early days of the Beatles.

We’ll also reflect on the many Trust places which have hosted royalty over the centuries, and highlight some of the 70 tree-planting projects being planned this year to commemorate Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Finally, explore the sounds and scents of the magical Glendurgan garden with volunteer Andrew Hesser, who is registered blind.

You can listen to individual articles at these timecodes:
00:00:00 - Introduction and Editor’s Letter
00:01:01 - News from around the Trust
00:06:50 - From the Director General
00:10:19 - Meet the new Chair
00:16:11 - A royal visit
00:28:06 - 20 Forthlin Road
00:44:12 - Yes, we scan
00:53:14 - Silent witnesses
01:00:41 - A fresh perspective
01:08:15 - Meet James Brown
01:12:07 - What's on
01:15:23 - Credits

To listen to more podcasts from the National Trust, go to:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts

Members of the Trust receive the print magazine free of charge. Full of behind the scenes stories and beautiful photography, we hope it will inspire you with all there is to discover and be part of with the National Trust. To find out more about membership go to: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/join-us