![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In February 2021, 56 Common Sense Group Conservative MPs approached Professor Fowler’s project funders to argue that the project was ‘political’ and therefore should not be given public money now or in the future. The subsequent release of a National Trust report, in September 2020, on its houses’ colonial links, co-authored by Fowler, attracted government attention and led to Parliamentary speeches, two Parliamentary debates, and public expressions of disapproval by government ministers and the then head of the Charity Commission. The project worked with 100 primary pupils and commissioned 10 writers to produce new stories and poems about 10 National Trust houses’ connections with the East India Company and transatlantic slavery.īetween 2019-2020, Professor Fowler was also seconded to the National Trust to identify houses’ links to empire and to assist with incorporating this information into the historical accounts of relevant properties. Professor Corinne Fowler considers the implications of the media and political responses to the Colonial Countryside Project.Ĭolonial Countryside is a child-led history and writing project guided by a team of historians. ![]() Musculoskeletal Science and Sports Medicine.Education and Social Research Institute.Creative Writing, English Literature and Linguistics.Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering.Apprenticeship information for students. ![]()
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