National Trust Audio Magazine

National Trust Audio 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.

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April 30, 2026 69 mins
Summer 2026 audio edition highlights 
 
We hope the summer issue of National Trust Magazine will inspire you to experience all the season has to offer.  

Discover how we’re adapting gardens for the future in the face of climate change. Dig in with Time Team as they uncover new treasures at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. And, as always, you can discover plenty of ways to get out and about this season, from a wande...

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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 o...
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September 1, 2025 76 mins
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 no...
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May 1, 2025 75 mins
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 seri...
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January 2, 2025 76 mins
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. Liste...
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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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September 1, 2024 26 mins

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. 

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September 1, 2024 76 mins
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 discover how an internatio...
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May 1, 2024 75 mins
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 Gloucestershire with histor...
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January 3, 2024 75 mins
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...
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August 31, 2023 75 mins
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....
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May 2, 2023 77 mins
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 o...
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January 3, 2023 71 mins
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...
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August 30, 2022 76 mins
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.
 
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May 2, 2022 76 mins
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 tre...
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December 28, 2021 71 mins
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 curtain on Seaton Delaval Hall...
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August 24, 2021 75 mins
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 connection with forests, and...
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May 5, 2021 74 mins
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 visitors back slightly differently foll...
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January 3, 2021 72 mins
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 Castle Drogo in Devon has fina...
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August 26, 2020 71 mins
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, autumnal every day nature, and h...
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