National Trust bans film-maker permission from St Cuthbert’s Cave because of religion

The National Trust blocked film-maker Christian Holden from filming at St Cuthbert’s Cave, citing a policy against “religious affiliation”

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The National Trust has refused to grant film-maker Christian Holden permission to film at St Cuthbert’s Cave, a historic site in Northumberland associated with the life and legacy of St Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria.

Holden, a UK-based Catholic film-maker specialising in documentary and promotional work with Christian themes, was commissioned earlier this year to produce a documentary exploring the Way of St Cuthbert, following a US university professor and his students along the saint’s historic path from Melrose Abbey to Lindisfarne.

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