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I've been unfairly targeted, says academic at heart of National Trust 'woke' row
Professor warns of ‘political agenda’ to discredit researchers exploring slavery linksThe academic at the centre of an escalating row over the National Trust’s efforts to explore links between its properties and colonialism has warned of a “political agenda” to “misrepresent, mischaracterise, malign and intimidate” those involved in the project.Professor Corinne Fowler has drawn comparisons between the vilification of academics, including herself, and attacks by climate-crisis deniers on scientists warning about global heating. She suggested they were a product of social tension. Continue reading...
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