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National Trust members have launched a campaign against the charity's 'woke agenda' as it was today accused of 'lecturing' the public and 'demonising' history.  Restore Trust was established following furious criticism of a report detailing links between 93 of the Trust's properties and historic slavery and colonialism. The group, described as a forum where members can 'discuss their concerns about the future of the charity', says visitors should not leave venues feeling their history has been 'demonised'.         They say there has been a 'relentless diminution of standards' at the...

Trust's report detailed links between 93 properties and slavery and colonialism Winston Churchill's 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

The academic behind the National Trust's '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' Britain's 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 leader, Professor Corinne Fowler, spoke today as Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden prepared t...

'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...