National Trust Podcast
National Trust Podcast

National Trust Podcast

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Delve into immersive tales of history, nature and adventure with the award-winning National Trust Podcast. From wild landscapes to heritage sites and historical legends, unearth fascinating stories about people and places in the UK. This series, travel to the 1930s to unmask the eccentric Ferguson’s Gang, find out how the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree impacted the community, and discover what life was like for the people who toiled deep in a Roman gold mine. This podcast is made by the National Trust, Europe’s biggest conservation charity. Looking after history, nature and beauty for everyone to enjoy. Discover more from National Trust Podcasts Listen to Ranger Rae Rae and the Wildlifers, our new kids' podcast: https://podfollow.com/national-trust-kids-podcast See videos of the National Trust Podcast on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts Get in touch with feedback and ideas for stories you'd like to hear: [email protected]

Recent Episodes

Halloween Special | Murder in the Castle
OCT 17, 2024
Halloween Special | Murder in the Castle
<h1>On 18th March AD 978 at Corfe Castle in Dorset, a 16-year-old boy was brutally stabbed in the back and died shortly after. That boy was the teenage king, Edward the Martyr. But who was the murderer, or murderers? </h1> <div> <br> Join James Grasby and author Anna Groves on this Halloween historical Whodunnit, as they try and figure out who committed the regicide, with the help of some other worldly encounters.<br> <br> <em>[Ad from our sponsor] This podcast episode is sponsored by family history website </em><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMichelle.Douglass%40nationaltrust.org.uk%7C3f74d411212e4b8c195f08dc65d671f3%7C0fba79b96423460d88eff9c3d4ca2e9f%7C0%7C0%7C638497218920679981%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LSj3wDj9%2Fnp7pMoFgklQ%2BqPrm9AZXuCSVXAaKHMMyOc%3D&amp;reserved=0%22%20\\o%20%22https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMichelle.Douglass%40nationaltrust.org.uk%7C3f74d411212e4b8c195f08dc65d671f3%7C0fba79b96423460d88eff9c3d4ca2e9f%7C0%7C0%7C638497218920679981%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LSj3wDj9%2Fnp7pMoFgklQ%2BqPrm9AZXuCSVXAaKHMMyOc%3D&amp;reserved=0%22%20\\t%20%22_blank%22%20\t%20%22_blank"><em>Findmypast</em></a><em>. What was life like for domestic servants, workers and local communities at our most fascinating heritage sites? Discover how people from all walks of life lived and worked, and who with, in hundreds of census records, for free, by signing up with Findmypast. And find out about the free trial that you could use to explore your family history. See where the past takes you at: <a href="http://findmypast.co.uk/national-trust">findmypast.co.uk/national-trust</a></em> <br> <br> Watch a video of this podcast on the National Trust’s YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts">https://www.youtube.com/@nationaltrustcharity/podcasts</a>  <br> <br> <strong>Production</strong><br> Hosts : James Grasby and Anna Groves<br> Producers : Pippa Tilbury-Harris and Nikki Ruck<br> Sound Design: Jesus Gomez <br> <strong>Actor voices :<br> </strong>Caitlin Packer, Ethan Hughes, Louise Bray, Mark Powell courtesy of <a href="http://www.primetheatre.co.uk/">Prime Theatre</a><br> <br> <strong>Discover More</strong><br> If you’d like to read more about the ghosts of the National Trust, you can purchase Anna Groves’ book, ‘Britain’s Ghosts’ here:<br> <a href="https://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/national-trust-britain-s-ghosts.html">https://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/national-trust-britain-s-ghosts.html</a> <br> <br> To find out more about Corfe Castle including details for visiting, please click here: <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/corfe-castle">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/corfe-castle</a> <br> <br> <em>If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at [email protected]</em>  </div>
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23 MIN
New Kids' Podcast | Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers
OCT 16, 2024
New Kids' Podcast | Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers
<div>Join the adventures of Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers, the new kids' podcast from the National Trust.<br> <br> Introducing the Wildlifers, a crew of colourful creatures who use their special skills to help where there's trouble in nature. <br> <br> Beaver’s a super engineer. Sleepy Bat’s skill is sonar. Wildcat’s a proud predator. Deer’s strong and speedy. Fox has a nose for trouble. Shy Mole’s an expert digger, and Dragonfly’s always buzzing. <br> <br> Ranger Rae’s the leader and can understand animals. And 12-year-old Apprentice Roxy dreams of becoming a real Ranger and being able to talk to wildlife too.<br> <br> From catching an escaped pet rat on a remote island, to solving the mystery of a giant bat in a cave, or tracking a thief through city streets, the gang are put to the test in their quests to help the natural world.<br> <br> Uncover stories of adventure and discovery with friends in the wild world.<br> <br> Perfect for 5-8 year olds.<br> <br> Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers is a podcast from the National Trust, produced by Fun Kids Radio. Artwork (c) Becka Moor.<br> <br> Follow and listen to Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers via mobile on your favourite podcast app:<br> <a href="https://podfollow.com/national-trust-kids-podcast">podfollow.com/national-trust-kids-podcast</a>  <br> <br> Head to the National Trust Kids' Podcast website: <a href="https://nationaltrust.org.uk/kids-podcast">nationaltrust.org.uk/kids-podcast</a> </div>
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WWII ‘Brown Babies’ | A Hidden History
OCT 10, 2024
WWII ‘Brown Babies’ | A Hidden History
<h1>Historian David Olusoga tells the story of the children born to white British mothers and black American servicemen during the Second World War, dubbed Britain’s ‘Brown Babies’ in the African American press at the time.  </h1> <div> <br> Carol and Ann, now in their 80s, revisit their childhood home, Holnicote House in Somerset. During the 1940s, the building was used for the care of around 30 children of black GIs, from birth to the age of five.    <br>   <br> Carol and Ann were among some 2000 children born in wartime Britain to black GI fathers and white British mothers. Under many pressures including social prejudice and US legislation banning interracial marriage, around half of these children were placed into care.   <br>   <br> David also meets experts Prof Lucy Bland and Dr Chamion Caballero, to reveal this little-known history of the Second World War, and how modern DNA testing is helping families search for lost relatives 80 years later. <br> <br> You can watch a video of this podcast on National Trust YouTube: <a href="http://ntpodcasts.org/NTP143Video">ntpodcasts.org/NTP143Video</a> <br> <br> <strong>Production  </strong><br> Host: David Olusoga  <br> Producer: Michelle Douglass <br> Sound editor: Jesus Gomez <br> Consultants: Lucy Bland, Professor of Social and Cultural History at Anglia Ruskin University, and Dr Chamion Caballero, Director and Co-Founder of The Mixed Museum<br> <br> <strong>Discover more </strong> <br>   <br> Find out more about Britain’s ‘Brown Babies’ and hear oral histories, including more from Ann: <br> <a href="https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/brown-babies/">https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/brown-babies/</a>  </div> <br> <div>Explore the experiences of WWII black GIs in the UK:  <br> <a href="https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/brown-babies/black-gis-in-britain/">https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/brown-babies/black-gis-in-britain/</a> </div> <br> <div>Read Britain’s ‘Brown Babies’ by Professor Lucy Bland:  <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britains-%60Brown-Babies-Stories-Children/dp/1526133261">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britains-%60Brown-Babies-Stories-Children/dp/1526133261</a> </div> <br> <div>Discover the Holnicote Estate’s diverse countryside, wildlife and walkways, looked after by the National Trust <br> <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/countryside-woodland/explore-holnicote-estate">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/countryside-woodland/explore-holnicote-estate</a>  </div> <br> <div>Visit the Holnicote House hotel website: <br>  <a href="https://www.hfholidays.co.uk/country-houses/locations/selworthy-exmoor">https://www.hfholidays.co.uk/country-houses/locations/selworthy-exmoor</a>  <br>  <br> <em>If you'd like to get in touch with feedback, or have a story connected with the National Trust, you can contact us at </em><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><em>[email protected]</em></a> <br> <br> </div>
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23 MIN
Introducing: Step into the Past | The Craftsmen of Calke Abbey
OCT 3, 2024
Introducing: Step into the Past | The Craftsmen of Calke Abbey
<div>What if you could follow in the footsteps of your ancestors and reveal the hidden tales behind some of the UK’s fascinating historical locations?  <br> <br> Introducing Step into the Past, a podcast from our sponsors at Findmypast.    <br>   <br> In this episode, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and her guest Sandy travel to the not-so-stately home of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire to discover Sandy’s family’s longstanding connection to the estate and its early Baptist congregation. <br>  <br> Calke Abbey has undergone many transformations in its long history, moving from religious priory to sprawling stately home, and forming the core of the community in all its guises for hundreds of years. <br>  <br> Sandy discovers that her family were skilled workers and faithful retainers, who honed their crafts over generations and were rewarded for their expertise and dedication <br> by their wealthy patrons. Over 200 years, members of the family were embedded in the fabric of this community, enjoying the employment opportunities and patronage offered by Calke Abbey. Sandy also learns of their non-conformist beliefs, at a time when Baptism was on the rise among skilled working classes, and how this threatened the established order. <br> <br> Find out more about Findmypast's family history services at: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMichelle.Douglass%40nationaltrust.org.uk%7C790cd5e3048548be87b408dcdd7869cc%7C0fba79b96423460d88eff9c3d4ca2e9f%7C0%7C0%7C638628756469132815%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fBYexDYeJVGbTYmP5a%2F%2FSQQFXn1Ls14Opz2%2BkysSJKk%3D&amp;reserved=0">www.findmypast.co.uk</a><br> <br> Listen to more episodes and follow the series by searching for Step into the Past on your favourite podcast app. <br> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/step-into-the-past/id1704345551">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/step-into-the-past/id1704345551</a><br> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4MJIpfXsZ6xwDyJvvX95sV">https://open.spotify.com/show/4MJIpfXsZ6xwDyJvvX95sV</a> <br> <br> Discover more about the series on the Findmypast website: <br> <a href="https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/podcast">https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/podcast</a> </div>
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46 MIN
Sycamore Gap | One Year On
SEP 27, 2024
Sycamore Gap | One Year On
<h1>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.  </h1> <div> <br> 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. <br> <br> A video version of this podcast is available on YouTube and Spotify. To watch it on YouTube please click <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLgonOCHSWf0g1reoKaf2PAWrO-Xg3Qyj">here</a>.<br> <br> <strong>Production<br> </strong>Host: Heather Birkett<br> Producers: Nikki Ruck, Katy Kelly, Pippa Tilbury-Harris<br> Sound Design: Nikki Ruck   <br> <br> <strong>Contributors<br> </strong>Luke Straszewski:  NT Ranger<strong><br> </strong>Andrew Poad: NT General Manager Northumberland Coast &amp; Hadrian's Wall  <br> Judith Ward: Twice Brewed Inn <br> Mark Robinson: NT Experiences and Partnership Manager <br> Chris Trimmer. NT Plant Conservation Centre Manager<br> Louise Teasdale<br> Charlotte Crowe<br> Tony Gates: CEO Northumberland National Parks Authority<br> Charlie Whinney<br> Nick Greenall  <strong><br> </strong><br> <strong>Discover more</strong><br> Find out what’s on in Northumberland Park and The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre.<br> <a href="https://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/whats-on/">https://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/whats-on/</a> <br> <br> Keep updated with all the latest Sycamore Gap news including details of The Trees of Hope campaign, Heartwood and activities at the stump.<br> <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaltrust.org.uk%2Fsycamore-gap&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnikki.ruck%40nationaltrust.org.uk%7Cdbd0deca39344026749b08dcdbc31af9%7C0fba79b96423460d88eff9c3d4ca2e9f%7C0%7C0%7C638626878218133664%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HxXNNZiG24YY4aanCsdiVW%2FUpKoiE5seJiOC83MWZqg%3D&amp;reserved=0">www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sycamore-gap</a> <br> <br> </div>
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26 MIN