The King, The Queen, David Beckham and me: Paula Minchin on Country Life's best guest edits
Country Life's features editor Paula Minchin is a force of nature. Every week she steers her team of editors and writers through the creation of dozens of pages of magazine features, with hardly a gli...
8 Dec 202532min
Jane Austen's greatest scoundrel: Being Mr Wickham, with Adrian Lukis
In the heady days of mid-1990s Britain, the actor Adrian Lukis went to a screen test for a glossy new drama: an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice. To an actor, auditions co...
25 Nov 202536min
The dogs of Country Life, with Agnes Stamp
What makes Country Life? Country houses, gardens, nature, fine art — and dogs. Right from the first issue of the print magazine in 1897, Man's Best Friend has been right at the heart of Country Life —...
19 Nov 202525min
The Falconer's Tale: Tommy Durcan on how an ancient art lives on in the 21st century
The ancient and noble art of falconry has been practised for thousands of years, but it's rarely been more easily accessible to the curious.Today, there are places across Britain, Ireland and the rest...
10 Nov 202529min
Amelia Thomas: The woman who learned to talk to animals
A few years ago, Amelia Thomas and her husband packed up their fast-paced lives and moved to a remote farm in Nova Scotia.Faced with a desolate landscape, appalling weather and a husband who — like mo...
3 Nov 202533min
Stefan Pitman: Making great country houses cost less to heat than a suburban semi
Ten years ago, Stefan Pitman set up SPASE Architects. Right from the start, he realised many of his clients were coming to him with one big problem: they might own beautiful old buildings, but they co...
21 Okt 202531min
The lives, wild parties and country houses of the Guinness family: Adrian Tinniswood on the Country Life Podcast
'When they came to me and said, "do you want to do a book on the Guinness houses?" I leapt at the chance. Because, I've got to tell you, they have some astonishing houses. I mean, some really amazing ...
13 Okt 202533min
Amanda Owen: The Yorkshire Shepherdess on farming, life, and having tea with her sheep
Growing up in the cityscape of Huddersfield, Amanda Owen was inspired by tales of farming life, from the adventures of James Herriot to the classic Hill Shepherd by John Forder, painting a picture of ...
6 Okt 202537min
