The architect whose grand designs bring inspiration to the English countryside
The award-winning architect Richard Hawkes is no ordinary designer of buildings. He has made his name and forged a career by creating some of the most astonishing new homes build in Britain in the pas...
25 Maalis 202448min
Millie Pilkington: Photographing dogs, movie stars, and the Royal Family
Millie Pilkington is one of Britain's best-known portrait photographers, with her work regularly appearing in Country Life as well as dozens of other publications.We were truly delighted that she join...
18 Maalis 202434min
What I grow in my own garden, by Country Life's gardens editor Tiffany Daneff
Country Life's Gardens Editor Tiffany Daneff is one of Britain's foremost gardening journalists, having worked at titles including The English Garden and The Daily Telegraph, where she launched the ga...
11 Maalis 202433min
Britain's 100 best architects, interior designers, craftspeople and garden designers
For the past eight years, the Country Life Top 100 has been the essential list when it comes to finding the best architects, builders, interior and garden designers in the UK. The list is the brainchi...
4 Maalis 202435min
Fiona Stafford: The greatest myth of the countryside
We tend to think of the British countryside as rural idyll, a patchwork of fields, farms and forests, rolling on through time until rudely interrupted by the building of a new housing estate, a dual-c...
26 Helmi 202426min
Helen Rebanks: Farming, food, the meaning of life... and dogs stealing birthday cakes
Helen Rebanks went from farmer, wife and mother to publishing sensation last year when her first book, The Farmer's Wife, earned huge success and a legion of fans — not least the likes of bestselling ...
19 Helmi 202441min
Stonehenge, Avebury and the stone circles of Britain, with Professor Vicki Cummings
What is a stone circle? Who made them, and how? And just as importantly, why?This week's guest joining James Fisher on the Country Life podcast is one of Britain's foremost experts on stone circles an...
12 Helmi 202433min
Clive Nichols: The secrets of the king of garden photography
Clive Nichols is Britain's top garden photographer. After originally starting his career in travel photography, Clive switched his focus to gardens — despite, by his own admission, knowing almost noth...
2 Helmi 202429min
