National Trust Audio Magazine

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 i...

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...

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. S...

On September 27th 2023, the famous Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland was felled overnight in an act of vandalism, triggering a far-reaching wave of shock and sorrow. Join Heather Birkett as she goes behind the scenes to explore the enduring impact of this beloved landmark, the aftermath of its loss, and the community’s efforts to preserve its memory. Search for National Trust Podcast on App...

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. One year on from the loss of the Sycamore Gap tree, we’re taking a look at its legacy and discovering how it continues to hold a place in the hearts of people from across the UK (and beyond). Readers will also find themselves transported to Egypt to ...

Summer 2024 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. Lose yourself in the glorious scents and colours of the historic rose garden at Mottisfont in Hampshire, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Discover the changing world of the 17th century at Dyrham Park in Gloucester...

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 invo...

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 a...

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...

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 Tr...

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...

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...

We hope the spring issue of National Trust Magazine will lift your spirits and fill you with inspiration as we begin the New Year. Our cover feature explores the remarkable story of world-famous children’s author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, and her journey from a stifling Victorian London upbringing to become a passionate Lake District conservationist.   Elsewhere, we’re raising the curtai...

The autumn audio edition of National Trust Magazine brings together all that makes the season special with the Trust. We hope it will inspire you to head outdoors and take joy from the beautiful colours and bright frosty days, or to snuggle up at home with a seasonal recipe and a good book. Autumn is a magical time to explore woodlands. Bushcraft expert Ray Mears shares his special lifelong co...

We hope the summer issue of National Trust Magazine will inspire you to enjoy all that summer has to offer across the Trust. First we’re escaping into a garden with Rebecca Bevan, author of new Trust book ‘School of Gardening’, who explains how to identify the spirit of a garden and bring it to life in your own space. We also share how some of the Trust’s smaller properties are welcoming visito...

We hope the spring issue of the National Trust Magazine will inspire you to enjoy all that the season has to offer across the Trust.  We start by celebrating the beauty of blossom and share how a new project aims to plant circles of blossoming trees across the country. Hear the stories behind five special objects in the Trust’s collections which feature in a new book, discover how 20th-century ...

After a summer like no other, this ‘welcoming you back’ issue takes readers behind the scenes to discover what’s been happening at the Trust over the past few months, including caring for places and making them ready for your return.  Discover how members spent their time in lockdown and share in special moments from first visits back to Trust places. Explore seasonal harvest traditions, autum...

While we're all in lockdown, we're delighted to be able to bring you your summer audio edition of National Trust Magazine. We hope it brings back happy memories of your past visits and reminds you of all the wonderful places we're keeping safe for you for when you're able to return.   The summer issue is a particularly special one, as it's a 'reader takeover'. Every feature has been written or ...

The spring issue is a special anniversary edition of the magazine as the Trust celebrates 125 years of looking after beautiful, natural and historic places for the nation. Discover the three remarkable people who together formed the National Trust, and hear from staff, volunteers and members about how spending time in nature helps uplift and inspire them.  Find out how contemporary art installa...

In the autumn issue we’re celebrating woodlands with Ray Hawes, the Trust’s Head of Trees and Woodlands. He shares his lifelong love of trees and why he’s spent a career looking after woodlands for nature and people alike.  Discover what the paint colour on our walls can reveal about the past with Paintings Conservation Adviser Christine Sitwell, follow in the footsteps of the Anglo-Saxons at S...

In this issue, as well as the usual news, features and letters, you’ll also find out how you can get unbelievably close to seabirds on Northumberland’s Farne Islands. Discover the forgotten treasure that is Yorkshire’s, Wentworth Castle Gardens and hear from our Libraries Curator, who shares an object that has a special place in his heart.   We create this audio version of our members' magazine...

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. You can listen to individual articles and interviews at these ti...