Our members' magazine

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The National Trust members’ magazine is published three times a year and is our ‘thank you’ for helping us to look after special places. Full of behind the scenes stories and beautiful photography, we hope it will inspire you about all there is to discover and be part of with the National Trust.

Spring 2020 edition highlights

The spring issue is a special anniversary edition of the magazine as the Trust celebrates 125 years of looking after beautiful, natural and historic places for the nation. Discover the three remarkable people who together formed the National Trust, and hear from staff, volunteers and members about how spending time in nature helps uplift and inspire them.

Find out how contemporary art installations are temporarily transforming Ickworth in Suffolk as part of £5 million conservation project ‘Ickworth Uncovered’, hear from the Trust’s National Specialist for Climate Change about how the Trust is rising to the challenge of a changing climate at the places we care for, and learn to bake bread like they do at the UK’s oldest working watermill, Winchester City Mill in Hampshire. 

Listen to exclusive audio interviews

We produce an hour-long audio version of each magazine, which is presented by Alan Power, the Head Gardener at Stourhead, Wiltshire. He’s also the presenter of the Trust’s podcast series and the BBC's Gardener’s World. 

Our spring 2020 magazine

Spring 2020 edition of our members' magazine

In this special 125th anniversary issue, as well as news, features and letters: Volunteer Wildlife Ranger Heidi Reynolds shares why spending time in nature enhances her wellbeing, discover the microscope at Castle Ward which Lead Curator for Northern Ireland Frances Bailey has picked as the object she loves and hear from Keith Jones, the Trust’s National Specialist for Climate Change, about how the Trust is rising to the challenge of a changing climate at the places we care for.

The audio edition covers the main articles from the magazine and includes extra behind-the-scenes chats with our contributors. It’s ideal for those with visual impairment, or anyone who wants to hear exclusive interviews.

You can listen to the audio edition for free on SoundCloud. If you have a visual impairment and would prefer to receive a CD – or know someone who would – email RNIB on businesslink@rnib.org.uk or phone them on 01733 375 370.

Download PDFs of our major magazine articles
Illustration of Octavia Hill, Hardwicke Rawnsley and Robert Hunter

Founding a future (PDF) 

As the Trust celebrates 125 years of looking after beautiful, natural and historic places for the nation, Director-General Hilary McGrady introduces the three remarkable people who made it happen, and their biographers share details about their lives.

Volunteers hunting for wildlife in the fields of Newtown National Nature Reserve, Isle of Wight

Connecting with nature (PDF) 

'We all want quiet. We all want beauty …. We all need space. Unless we have it, we cannot reach that sense of quiet in which whispers of better things come to us gently.' - Octavia Hill, 1883, co-founder of the National Trust.

Rotunda scaffolding Ickworth

Ickworth Uncovered (PDF) 

Ickworth in Suffolk is undergoing a £5 million conservation project. While the work is carried out, the team is staying true to the mansion’s creative past, transforming parts of it into a contemporary art installation and putting some of its treasures, quite literally, in the spotlight.

Baker making bread

Make the perfect loaf (PDF) 

With traditionally made bread back in demand, volunteers at Winchester City Mill regularly demonstrate milling and breadmaking to visitors. Discover the ingredients of how to make a perfect loaf and have a go at baking your own.

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National Trust Magazine,
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