Granville Williams abhors the threats to institutions over research into slavery, while Christopher Gordon writes that Arts Council England has presided over a climate of fearThe mindset and language of Tory politicians discussing broadcasting and the …
National Trust bans trail hunting on its land amid illegal foxhunt concerns
Ban on practice, which critics say can be smokescreen for foxhunting, follows similar move by Natural Resources WalesThe National Trust has banned trail hunting on its land, almost a year after temporarily suspending such activity amid concern from cri…
Battle of Culloden is being fought anew … against an army of house developers
Site where Bonnie Prince Charlie led the Jacobite uprising of 1746 under threat from property developmentIt was the last pitched battle fought on British soil, and its outcome determined the future of the newly formed United Kingdom and its fledgling e…
National Trust: outcry at plans to fence-off Wiltshire park for private tenant
Critics say loss of public access to 31 acres of Dinton park goes against charities’ core valuesFor years, the rolling landscape of Dinton park has been a favourite haunt of dog walkers, runners and seekers of tranquility. When it snows children sledge…
National Trust could vote to ban trail-hunting on its land
Charity grants licences for hugely divisive practice which critics say is used as cover for illegal huntsThe National Trust could ban “trail-hunting” on its land when members vote on the hugely divisive issue next month.The charity has granted licences…
Rightwing culture warriors do not define Britishness | Letters
Readers respond to Kojo Koram’s article about the Tory preoccupation with dictating our national storyKojo Koram provides a useful corrective to the common, narrow perception of culture he describes (Here’s what the right gets wrong about culture: it’s…
Barnado’s blogpost on white privilege did not breach charity laws
Charities regulator says post deemed ‘ideological dogma’ by Tory MPs was in line with the Barnado’s missionBarnardo’s did not breach charity laws when it published a blogpost on its website discussing racial inequality and white privilege, inadvertentl…