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
David Messum: Whimsical tales from the life of one of Britain's greatest art dealers
When it comes to the world of British art, few names are more widely recognised than David Messum. From extolling the virtues of the English Impressionists to resurrecting interest in the Newlyn Schoo...
12 Aug 202430min
From Tudors and Georgians to pet monkeys in Roman Britain: Matt Thompson of English Heritage on telling the stories of the past
This week on the Country Life Podcast, Matt Thompson — Curatorial Director of English Heritage — joins our host James Fisher to talk history. · Listen to Country Life podcast on Apple Podcasts · ...
5 Aug 202432min
Lady Violet Manners on the past, present and future of our heritage
The thing about good ideas is that they sound incredibly obvious only after they’ve been invented. Take Deliveroo, for example. Looking back, of course it makes sense to get restaurants to deliver foo...
29 Juli 202431min
The best beaches in Britain with Chris Haslam, the man who's just visited 543 of them
The award-winning journalist Chris Haslam doesn't just like beaches; he loves them.Chris, chief travel writer for the Sunday Times, recently returned from spending seven weeks touring the coastline of...
22 Juli 202437min
