National Trust Audio Magazine

Spring 2026 audio edition highlights
 
We hope the spring issue of National Trust Magazine will inspire you to experience all the season has to offer.
  

In this issue, find out how taking the time to stand and stare can help your wellbeing in our cover feature, ‘Slowly does it’. Join interior design expert Michelle Ogundehin and National Trust Curator Lucy Porten at Sissinghurst in Kent as they explore some of the remarkable rooms in our care and what they say about a time, a person and a society. And meet Trust staff member Nathan Gornall, who’s going the extra mile to raise vital funds for conservation.

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
 00:01:30 News from around the Trust
 00:05:51 AGM Report
 00:11:54 Slowly does it
 00:23:25 Mission: green
 00:37:00 Rooms for thought
 00:47:29 Run, Nathan, run!
 00:55:35 Flipping delicious
 00:59:42 Out and about
 01:08:30 Credits
 
 To listen to more podcasts from the National Trust, go to:
 https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts

Members of the Trust receive a print or digitial issue of the 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 2025 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.
 
Join wildlife cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin on a journey to reconnect with the nature on our doorsteps, revealed in the new BBC TV series Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles.  Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth by taking a nostalgic trip through some of the nation’s best-loved film and TV adaptations of her works, and the National Trust places that helped bring Austen’s world to life. And if you feel like venturing out, we’ve got you covered with our round up some of the best ways to celebrate the season at Trust places, from Christmas cheer to Diwali lights.

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
00:01:32 News from around the Trust
00:08:06 From the Director General
00:11:28 Hamza’s Wild Isles
00:19:44 Stitches in time
00:33:22 Lights, Camera, Austen
00:46:26 The future of conservation
01:01:44 Hop through history
01:08:50 Out and about
01:14:55 Credits
 
To listen to more podcasts from the National Trust, go to: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts

Members of the Trust receive a print or digital issue of the 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 2025 audio edition highlights 
The latest issue of National Trust Magazine has landed and, as always, it’s packed full of fascinating stories and updates from across the Trust. 

This summer, discover how Corfe Castle in Dorset is bringing hundreds of years of history to life – and confronting its greatest foe yet. Find out more about some of the treasures in our collections, as revealed in the latest BBC series of Hidden Treasures of the National Trust. While at Bath Assembly Rooms in Somerset, Inclusive Histories Curator Tim Moore takes a trip back in time to multicultural Georgian Bath, when the Assembly Rooms were the country’s most fashionable venue. 

Meanwhile there are plenty of ways to make the most of your membership this summer, from summer solstice celebrations to Festival of Archaeology events - plus 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
00:06:40 From the Director General
00:09:45 Holding the fort
00:25:32 Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
00:36:56 From war to wilderness
00:42:29 A ball for all
00:56:06 Right tree, right place
01:07:52 Out and about
01:14:03 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 or digital 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 2025 audio edition highlights 
The latest issue of National Trust Magazine has landed and, as always, it’s packed full of fascinating stories and updates from across the Trust. 

This spring we’re taking a look at the work that’s been going on at Trust places to restore the health of the UK’s rivers, while comedian and art-lover Sandi Toksvig introduces a new book celebrating women artists and designers. Listeners can also learn how the Trust is recreating the Japanese festival of Hanami at Kingston Lacy in Dorset and take a tour of Henrietta Bankes’ interpretation of a Japanese garden.

Meanwhile there are plenty of ways to make the most of your membership this spring, from World Book Day events to seasonal blossom walks - plus 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 
00:01:37 News from around the Trust
00:07:37 From the Director General
00:11:38 National Trust AGM Report 2024
00:17:37 Henrietta’s Garden
00:28:04 From Source to Sea
00:45:54 Women Artists and Designers at the National Trust
01:02:34 When Old Meets Bold
01:02:05 Out and About
01:15:28 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

Heritage sites like the medieval palace Bayt Al Razzaz in Egypt and the picturesque Blickling estate in the UK, are under threat from climate change.

What connects these vastly different places? And what can the guardians of these historic treasures learn from each other as they battle extreme weather, social upheaval and other challenges?

Discover the global fight to protect our heritage. 

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Or visit our website at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts

Production
Host: James Grasby and Jesse Edbrooke
Producers: Jesse Edbrooke
Sound Design: Jesus Gomez

Further Information
INTO - The International National Trusts Organisation
https://www.into.org/

Withstanding Climate Change
https://www.into.org/withstanding-change-project/

Blickling and Bayt Al Razzaz in partnership
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/blickling-estate/blickling-estate-twins-with-bayt-al-razzaz-in-cairo

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