The truth about growing up in a castle, with Cosmo Linzee Gordon
I suppose we all remember the house, or houses, we grew up in. Where we learned to walk, or first explore the garden, or climb some stairs. Most houses are quite small. Some are quite big. And then th...
7 Okt 202430min
Poems about pies, the foul-mouthed parrot upstaging Margaret Atwood and starting World War III via Desert Island Discs: Ian McMillan on the Country Life Podcast
What is the fundamental job of a writer? 'We try to turn the world into language,' according to the poet, broadcaster and writer Ian McMillan.Ian, one of Britain's best-loved poets and writers, as wel...
30 Sep 202433min
Literature, landscape and bending rivers, with Vicky and Charles Rangeley-Wilson
Organising a literary festival is no mean feat. You've got to book the right guests, organise plenty of activities, and find somewhere to host it.Vicky and Charles Rangeley-Wilson joined the podcast t...
23 Sep 202435min
Lucy Shepherd: Britain's most intrepid young explorer on trekking the Amazon
The bushmaster snake is on the one hand, very polite: it announces its presence with a two-tone whistle.On the other hand, however, it's utterly merciless: a creature which will chase humans through t...
16 Sep 202431min
Charlie Bigham on food, farming and why it takes three hours to make the perfect lasagne
We were thrilled to discover that Charlie Bigham is a real person. It's a bit like meeting Aunt Bessie, and asking how she does her Yorkshire Puddings, or running swapping tips with Ronald McDonald ab...
9 Sep 202432min
Adam Hay-Nicholls: How to sneak onto a yacht at the Monaco GP, rub shoulders with Beyoncé and accidentally buy a Bentley
Here at the Country Life Podcast, we like to think we deliver a useful and necessary service. We want to discuss the important issues. We want to talk to Norman Foster about why architecture matters. ...
2 Sep 202425min
The Spice Girls, The Stage and the state of the Arts, with Alistair Smith
If it wasn’t for The Stage, there’s every chance that Britain and, indeed, the world may have been deprived of such great names as Kenneth Brannagh, Harold Pinter, Michael Caine, Sharon D Clarke, Idri...
26 Aug 202433min
How to live like a Tudor, and other stories, with Ruth Goodman
It’s important to think about the past. I think about it often. Usually when I’m lying in bed and my brain decides that’s the best time to think of mistakes I’ve made, loves that have been lost, and, ...
19 Aug 202426min
