Issue 165 - Summer 2025

Summer 2025 audio edition highlights 
The latest issue of National Trust Magazine has landed and, as always, it’s packed full of fascinating stories and updates from across the Trust. 

This summer, discover how Corfe Castle in Dorset is bringing hundreds of years of history to life – and confronting its greatest foe yet. Find out more about some of the treasures in our collections, as revealed in the latest BBC series of Hidden Treasures of the National Trust. While at Bath Assembly Rooms in Somerset, Inclusive Histories Curator Tim Moore takes a trip back in time to multicultural Georgian Bath, when the Assembly Rooms were the country’s most fashionable venue. 

Meanwhile there are plenty of ways to make the most of your membership this summer, from summer solstice celebrations to Festival of Archaeology events - plus news stories to keep you up to date with all the work you’re supporting. 

You can listen to individual articles at these timecodes: 

00:00:00 Introduction and Editor’s Letter 
00:01:23 News from around the Trust
00:06:40 From the Director General
00:09:45 Holding the fort
00:25:32 Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
00:36:56 From war to wilderness
00:42:29 A ball for all
00:56:06 Right tree, right place
01:07:52 Out and about
01:14:03 Credits
 
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Members of the Trust receive the print or digital magazine free of charge. Full of behind-the-scenes stories and beautiful photography, we hope it will inspire you with all there is to discover and be part of with the National Trust. To find out more about membership go to: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/join-us