It’s time for the most important question of the year – which National Trust property has the best Christmas tree?🎄
We asked our regional teams to submit their favourites for a super serious Twitter competition, and now you can cast your votes in this very long thread👇
In round 1 for team @southeastNT we've got...
@BatemansNT (📷Laurence Perry)
Greys Court (📷Hugh Mothersole)
@HughendenNT (📷Hugh Mothersole)
@NymansNT (📷Gary Cosham)
Vote in the poll in the next tweet!
Clean water is fundamental to our lives, but just 14 per cent of our rivers are currently in good ecological health.
For too long, many in government, business and other parts of society have looked the other way as the health of our water has deteriorated.
One in 10 freshwater and wetland species in the UK are now threatened with extinction, while future generations of children could be denied the chance to simply paddle in a cool stream or play in the sea.
We've been fighting against our waterways - these homes for wildlife and places for recreation - rather than working with them for the last century and action to both save and restore them is long overdue.
LGBTQ+ heritage is an important part of the history of the nation. It also plays a vital role in unlocking the histories of some of the places in our care.
Known as 'the dancing Marquess,' Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, was considered the 'black sheep' of the family owing to his eccentric behaviour and love of performance and costume.
(2/15)
Virginia Woolf
The author Virginia Woolf was a leading light of the Bloomsbury movement in the early 20th century. Her life was shaped by her unconventional approach to gender and sexuality.
This week is #GreatBigGreenWeek, and what better way to mark it than with a celebration of Britain's original smart home, Cragside.
A thread 🧵
Home of Lord William Armstrong and Lady Margaret Armstrong during the 19th century, Cragside remains one of the greenest places we care for.
William's passion for efficiency, innovation and engineering and Margaret's love for natural sciences combined to create a remarkable Victorian property which was way ahead of its time.
Embedded into the houses and landscapes we care for are the stories of those who challenged conventional ideas of sexuality.
To celebrate #Pride, we’re exploring these LGBTQ+ histories. (1/13)
The white triangle of our flag is from the wall @NTKingstonLacy.
William Bankes profoundly shaped the building, but had to flee England in 1841 to avoid prosecution for same-sex acts. While in exile, he continued to send back works of art to his beloved Kingston Lacy.
Spaces of sanctuary or celebrations of identity; the places in our care are filled with stories of those who challenged conventional ideas of sexuality.
To celebrate #Pride, we’re exploring the LGBTQ+ histories we look after, and the hidden lives of those who shaped them. (1/13)
The white triangle of our flag shares a glimpse of the whitewash walls of the cabin at Bucks Mill, Devon.
The summer retreat of artists and life partners, Judith Ackland and Mary Stella Edwards, they visited to paint each year from the 1920s, until Judith’s death in 1971. (2/13)
The pink chevron is made from the summer blooms @SissinghurstNT, Kent.
Sissinghurst was home to Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, whose unconventional marriage allowed both to pursue same-sex affairs. (3/13)