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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 202429min
Norman Foster: A life in architecture, why we need to save the Green Belt, and the future of cities
Norman Foster is unarguably one of the greatest architects of the last half century. We're delighted that he joins Country Life magazine for a very special episode of the podcast. Speaking to Country ...
26 Jan 202437min
Hot destinations, missing underwear and dodging volcanoes: An insider's guide to travelling the world
Country Life magazine's Rosie Paterson has the enviable task of travelling the world in order to report on where to go, when and why. She's also — and she probably won't mind us saying this — develope...
19 Jan 202442min
Tom Kerridge: Michelin stars, fish and chips, and a life in food
Tom Kerridge is one of Britain's best-loved chefs. In 2005, after years spent working at some of finest restaurants in London and the Cotswolds under the likes of Gary Rhodes, he took over The Hand an...
12 Jan 202440min
How (not) to fix up an old country house
'The ability to go in and specify everything for an interior might be within the powers of an interior designer,' says Giles Kime, Country Life's long-standing interiors guru. 'ButI think when we're d...
5 Jan 202434min
