Page 3 - James Clutterbuck News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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...