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Colonial Countryside projects looks into links of 11 trust properties to slave trade  'Child advisory boards' set up to 'assist' the trust's staff with their training so they can explain the ties of their properties to slave trade and British empire  The project involves nine historians working with 100 primary school children Last month, the trust was accused of bias over the team of historians it hired

'Woke' National Trust academic tasked with reviewing colonial past  'intimidated' by critics    'Academics working in the humanities have begun to be personally targeted... for some time now.' 20 December 2020 • 3:16pm Both the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, and Nigel Huddleston, parliamentary under-secretary for sport, heritage and tourism, have expressed reservations about the Trust's direction.   Credit: Andrew Matthews /PA The “woke” National Trust academic tasked with reviewing its links with colonialism claims she has been “intimidated” by critics.  Professor Corinne...

3 months old This article is more than 3 months old Professor warns of ‘political agenda’ to discredit researchers exploring slavery links Professor Corinne Fowler: ‘I think we should all be worried when academics are being targeted.’ Photograph: Nick Osborne/© Osborne Photography. Professor Corinne Fowler: ‘I think we should all be worried when academics are being targeted.’ Photograph: Nick Osborne/© Osborne Photography. Sun 20 Dec 2020 05.45 EST The academic at the centre of an escalating row over the National Trust’s efforts to explore links between its properties and colo...

 The National Trust has been accused of bias over the team of academics it hired to investigate the ties of its properties to the slave trade and empire.  The Colonial Countryside project is looking at 11 country houses managed by the trust and investigating their links to Africa, the Caribbean and India.  Nine historians are working with 100 primary school children to study each National Trust property and its connections to slavery.  The project aims to 'inspire a new generation of young advocates for talking about colonial history'. However, the trust is facing accusations of bias ove...

Cambridge is a template for defending free speech The vote in favour of true protection for free speech proves that the wokeists are not nearly as numerous as they claim 15 December 2020 • 7:00am When I wrote in this space two weeks ago supporting the defenders of free speech at Cambridge University, I thought they would lose. After all, the university’s vice-chancellor, Stephen Toope, had opposed their amendment. The university establishment had wanted free speech denied whenever it failed to show “respect” to the ideas and identity of others. Like so many bludgeoned by jiggery-woker...