Melissa Harrison: The accidental nature writer who became an accidental nature app developer
The nature writer, children's author and journalist Melissa Harrison joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast to talk about her life, her career, and how she found herself creating a smartphone ...
14 Apr 202531min
The remarkable history of Britain and its animals, with Karen Jones
The animals we share Britain with mean far more to us than we realise. Beyond the obvious companionship, food and farming, they are a part of our folklore, our language and intertwined with our lives....
7 Apr 202528min
Chloe Dalton: The woman who swapped top-level geopolitics to rescue a baby hare, and had her life changed forever
Before lockdown changed life in Britain in early 2020, Chloe Dalton led an almost overwhelmingly metropolitan existence. A foreign policy expert, her comfort zone was in the corridors of power, around...
31 Mars 202536min
The photographer on a 15-year quest to find the most incredible doors in London, with Cath Harries
It's almost two decades since photographer Cath Harries set out to work on a book documenting London's finest pubs. As she walked the streets of the capital, however, she found herself wondering about...
24 Mars 202530min
Britain's whale boom and and the predator that's far scarier than a great white shark with Dan Abbott, aka Shark Man Dan
Wildlife cinematographer Dan Abbott has travelled the world documenting marine life from the peaceful turtles of the Mediterranean to the iconic great white sharks off the coast of South Africa.More r...
17 Mars 202532min
The timeless elegance of English country house style, with Guy Goodfellow and Steven Rodel
Guy Goodfellow and his Creative Director Steven Rodel have carved out a reputation as two of the finest interior designers working in Britain today. We're thrilled, then, that they were able to join u...
10 Mars 202534min
Eleanor Doughty: The secret lives of the aristocracy in Britain
After starting her career writing about student life, Eleanor began to write about Britain's great country houses, and — more importantly — the people who live in them. Over a decade later she has tra...
3 Mars 202534min
Patrick Galbraith: Dukes, drug dealers, nudists, and the truth about access to Britain's countryside
Should we have a right to roam? It's something that we've talked about a fair bit at Country Life in recent times — not least with our articles from opposing sides of the argument from Alexander Darwa...
24 Feb 202527min
