Dog walkers are among the most enthusiastic members of the National Trust, which looks after six miles of Hadrian’s WallA wild fire is burning through the pollarded groves and colonnaded country houses of the National Trust. Six weeks after a rebel movement was launched to challenge the charity’s leadership, Tim Parker, the chairman, offered his head on a plate. A fighting fund of £40,000 has been raised and 10,000 supporters have signed up to Restore Trust, a grassroots campaign group. Sponsored“It’s not just about colonial slavery,” Jack Hayward, 60, the solicitor who is the public face of the rebels, said. “It’s about curatorship, gardens, commercialisation.”The trust, founded in 1895 and with five million members, has repeatedly steered itself on to the rocks throughout the pandemic.

Source: The Times May 28, 2021 23:00 UTC