Thanks Matthew - sorry to miss you, but it was good to see @kwilsonlee.bsky.social there representing AHF! A great warm-up event for the AHF birthday celebrations next year.

“The whole point is that these places are independent. They are their own masters and can be run in whichever way they want and they can display things how they wish.”

I am quoted at the end of the article as saying what an amazing job the National Trust does.

The headline may slightly mislead!

Thanks Stephen. You are right, and that is exactly what the article says.

“Ben Cowell, director general of Historic Houses, said: “We don’t own any of these properties so we’ve got absolutely no remit to instruct owners on what to do, and nor do we want to.”

Wentworth Woodhouse, Hampton Court, and I nearly said Blair Castle (but it’s Strawberry Hill?)