Issues
Kedleston, Lord Curzon and the Eastern Museum
Lord Curzon is not accurately represented on the National Trust website, and the historic arrangement of the Eastern Museum is under threat.
Tim Parker resigns
We are pleased that Mr Parker has decided to resign as Chairman of the National Trust.
Lord Curzon on Indian Art
Lord Curzon’s speech on Indian art at the opening of his exhibition in the Kudsia Gardens as part of the Delhi Durbar of 1902-3 .
Charity Commission investigation
The Charity Commission has concluded its compliance case involving the National Trust.
A recent history of NT curators
Previously, it was agreed that the Trust must be independent of government or political interference in all its decision-making to protect its properties. So what’s changed?
The National Trust raised in Parliament
Recently the National Trust has been the subject of debates in both Houses of Parliament.
Sir Nicholas Penny and Dr Bendor Grosvenor respond to the ‘mansion experience’ report
Art historians have expressed their alarm at proposals to make curatorial staff redundant, reduce the opening hours of country houses and remove objects and furniture from display.