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National Trust Audio Magazine

National Trust Audio Magazine

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 The National Trust Magazine is our ‘thank you’ to our members for helping us to look after special places. We’ve created this audio version so our blind and partially sighted members, or those who prefer to listen rather than read, can enjoy the magazine too.

Look out for new episodes of this podcast in January, May and September.National Trust
Episodes
  • Issue 167 - Spring 2026

    Issue 167 - Spring 2026
    Jan 2 2026
    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

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Issue 166 - Autumn 2025

    Issue 166 - Autumn 2025
    Sep 2 2025
    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

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Issue 165 - Summer 2025

    Issue 165 - Summer 2025
    May 2 2025
    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
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    1 hr and 16 mins
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