The National Trust’s terribly stately firefight

The charity is more popular than ever but it is feeling the heat in a bitter battle over slavery, neglected restorations and dumbing down

Josh Clancy reports for The Sunday Times ‘News Review’ on the National Trust’s ‘PR battle of a lifetime’ to defend itself against accusations of ‘dumbing down’, historical illiteracy and ‘wokeness’ and asks whether the charity has ‘gone desperately astray’ or merely become ‘an obsession for hysterical Tories terrified by the changing face of Britain.’

Read the article on The Times website here.