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
What it's like to come face-to-face with a great white shark, by Dan Abbott of Netflix's All The Sharks
How do you come to a point in your life when you find yourself swimming with great white sharks?And how can it be that when you do, you find that moment 'completely normal'?Dan Abbott — aka Shark Man ...
7 Juli 202532min
Marcus Janssen: Chelsea Lifejackets, bagging a 'MacNab' and recognising the best of the British countryside
'We still see people out wearing colours which we know for a fact we haven't produced in 15 or 20 years,' chuckles Marcus Janssen, head of Schöffel, as he speaks about the company's gilets — the 'Chel...
30 Juni 202533min
Corinne Fowler: Exploring the hidden history of the British countryside, one walk at a time
Corinne Fowler has never been one to shy away from straight talking.The Professor of Colonialism and Heritage at the University of Leicester made headlines for weeks back in 2020 after co-authoring a ...
23 Juni 202530min
Steve Backshall on sharks, idyllic childhoods and getting his fingertips eaten by piranhas
The adventurer, broadcaster, scientist and writer Steve Backshall has been a fixture on TV screens in Britain for nearly three decades — and we're absolutely thrilled that he joined James Fisher on th...
16 Juni 202524min
