We hope the spring issue of National Trust Magazine will lift your spirits and fill you with inspiration as we begin the New Year. Our cover feature explores the remarkable story of world-famous children’s author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, and her journey from a stifling Victorian London upbringing to become a passionate Lake District conservationist.  

Elsewhere, we’re raising the curtain on Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland, where a £7.8m project to restore the mansion and bring back the theatricality of its past is reaching its conclusion.

Where ever you are this spring, revel in the delights of blossom. Swathes of newly planted trees will flower for the first time this year, thanks to a Trust initiative to bring the joy of blossom to as many people as possible.

Share your photos online as they start to bloom using #BlossomWatch 

You can listen to individual articles at these timecodes:

00:00:00 - Introduction and Editor’s Letter

00:01:17 - News from around the Trust

00:08:24 - National Trust AGM Report 2021

00:15:18 - From the Director General

00:19:57 - Beatrix - Beyond the Books

00:33:11 - Welcome to the House of Fun

00:45:00 - #BlossomWatch

00:52:00 - Hands-on History

00:57:54 - An Object I Love

01:02:27 - Meet Nabil Abbas

01:06:03 - What's On - Events & Exhibitions, Outdoor

01:09:49 - Credits

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https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts

Members of the Trust receive the print 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