White-tailed eagles: From 'the greatest wildlife crime imaginable' to Nature's most wonderful comeback story
For most of the last 2,000 years, the white-tailed eagle — or sea eagle — has been one of the most common birds of prey in Britain.That all ended in horrendous fashion from the late 18th century onwar...
1 Sep 202524min
If there's no fish, there's no fishing, with Robin Philpott
If you are a person who lives in the UK, and you like standing in, or nearby, rivers, there’s a good chance you will have heard of Farlows. It is one of the great outdoors companies of the UK, a place...
26 Aug 202528min
What the hedge can tell us about the countryside, with Richard Negus
Hedges are fascinating because they are like buildings. They are pretty much everywhere in rural England, Scotland and Wales, and yet do we ever really stop and think about what they are and what they...
19 Aug 202536min
Ken Follett on Stonehenge, building cathedrals, and the glaring flaw in Shakespeare's greatest soliloquy
Ken Follett is a man who doesn’t really need much introduction, but introduce him I will anyway. Thirty-eight books written. 197 million copies sold in 80 countries and in 40 languages. Very popular a...
12 Aug 202538min
The finest wines available to humanity, and how to buy them, with Beth Pearce
You would be forgiven that a trip to space might be one of the hardest things that a human being could do. But, it might actually be becoming a Master of Wine (MW). After all, more people have been to...
5 Aug 202529min
Levison Wood: Trekking the Nile, near-death experiences and why nothing beats a cup of tea and a piece of toast
'There was a time when I couldn't walk down the King's Road without being mobbed,' chuckles Levison Wood. This is no brag, though: it's said with the bemusement of a man who was catapulted to fame aft...
28 Juli 202529min
Bruce Hodgson: Artichoke's founder on catflaps, carpentry and the future of crafts
What do catflaps and some of the finest carpentry in the land have in common? Bruce Hodgson, that’s what. The man who founded Artichoke is our guest on the Country Life Podcast this week, talking us t...
21 Juli 202532min
The truth about P.G. Wodehouse: Robert Daws on playing England's greatest comic writer
Anyone who loves P.G. Wodehouse knows Jeeves and Wooster, Blandings Castle and the Oldest Member golf stories. But what of the man himself? His early life as a sensation on Broadway? His extraordinary...
15 Juli 202536min
