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Trusts report detailed links between 93 properties and slavery and colonialism Winston Churchills former home, Chartwell, in Kent, was on the list  Move prompted a fierce backlash and the trust faced accusations of wokeism But Charity Commission today cleared it of breaking charity law Brexiteer Nigel Farage said he had become increasingly appalled by the trust Historian Simon Heffer said he was astonished the trust had not been censured

BY: Ellis Giacomelli When Mercedes S. (Mackin) Stott was planning her intimate backyard wedding with fiancé Trevor J. Stott for August 2019, an outdoor structure was needed.  Tent rental and set-up with tables and chairs was costly, roughly what it would cost to build a new pole barn. So the Mackin family did just that — they built a new pole barn, and Shindigz on the River was born.  Ground was broken in February 2019, Mercedes’ parents Tammy M. and Steven J. Mac...

The academic behind the National Trusts Woke review to identify properties with links to colonialism today astonishingly accused the government of weaponising history by trying to stop Left-wing academics denigrating Britains past.  The study, which blacklisted - among others - the Lake District home of avid anti-slaver William Wordsworth because his brother was involved in the trade, was accused of re-writing history after assembling a team of left-wing and politically biased experts. Its le...