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Country Life is a society podcast hosted by Country Life. It has 111 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Country Life magazine has been celebrating the best of life in Britain for over 126 years, from the castles and cottages that dot the land to the beautiful countryside around us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Viking hats, natural wines and messy lunches, with Leonie Cooper

2

The craft renaissance, with Giles Kime

3

Vanbrugh, Castle Howard, and iconic buildings destroyed in the flames, with Dr John Goodall

4

Borders, identity, and the truth about Cornish independence, with Richard Collett

5

Do androids dream of electric cars, with Adam Hay-Nicholls

6

The untold story of Stephen Sondheim, by the people who knew him best

7

Justine Picardie: Fashion, spies and Queen Elizabeth II's wardrobe, from timeless tweeds to a pair of Marigolds

8

Moving to the Cotswolds and DIY disasters, with Jim Chapman

9

'They've nourished us, sheltered us, protected us... we owe trees far more than they owe us': Aidan Meighan on the folklore of trees

10

Adders, Shetland ponies and the future of the human race: Tom Hilder on the Country Life Podcast

11

Two years, 2,000 miles and counting: Katharine Hay, the woman walking the length and breadth of Scotland

12

1,000 issues and counting: Mark Hedges on two decades editing Country Life magazine

13

Secrets from the world of whisky, from the 60-year-old bottle that sold for £650,000 to the tipple you get at the supermarket

14

Where should you go in 2026? Anywhere that you can just kick back and relax

15

The King, The Queen, David Beckham and me: Paula Minchin on Country Life's best guest edits

16

Jane Austen's greatest scoundrel: Being Mr Wickham, with Adrian Lukis

17

The dogs of Country Life, with Agnes Stamp

18

The Falconer's Tale: Tommy Durcan on how an ancient art lives on in the 21st century

19

Amelia Thomas: The woman who learned to talk to animals

20

Stefan Pitman: Making great country houses cost less to heat than a suburban semi

21

The lives, wild parties and country houses of the Guinness family: Adrian Tinniswood on the Country Life Podcast

22

Amanda Owen: The Yorkshire Shepherdess on farming, life, and having tea with her sheep

23

James Robinson: A fifth-generation farmer on the ups and downs of 'the most glorious job in the world'

24

Hannah Shergold: Flying helicopters, rampaging elephants and painting Ronnie Wood

25

Mark Ashley-Miller: The man who sailed to (almost) every harbour in the British Isles

26

Jules Perowne: Where to go in 2026, hotel disasters and podcasting with Richard E. Grant

27

White-tailed eagles: From 'the greatest wildlife crime imaginable' to Nature's most wonderful comeback story

28

If there's no fish, there's no fishing, with Robin Philpott

29

What the hedge can tell us about the countryside, with Richard Negus

30

Ken Follett on Stonehenge, building cathedrals, and the glaring flaw in Shakespeare's greatest soliloquy

31

The finest wines available to humanity, and how to buy them, with Beth Pearce

32

Levison Wood: Trekking the Nile, near-death experiences and why nothing beats a cup of tea and a piece of toast

33

Bruce Hodgson: Artichoke's founder on catflaps, carpentry and the future of crafts

34

The truth about P.G. Wodehouse: Robert Daws on playing England's greatest comic writer

35

What it's like to come face-to-face with a great white shark, by Dan Abbott of Netflix's All The Sharks

36

Marcus Janssen: Chelsea Lifejackets, bagging a 'MacNab' and recognising the best of the British countryside

37

Corinne Fowler: Exploring the hidden history of the British countryside, one walk at a time

38

Steve Backshall on sharks, idyllic childhoods and getting his fingertips eaten by piranhas

39

Hannah Bourne-Taylor: Saving swifts, naked protests and the bird that nested in my hair

40

Simon Armitage: "I've tried getting AI to write poems — and they've all been reassuringly awful"

41

Poppy Okotcha: The model-turned-gardener who swapped the catwalk for the vegetable patch

42

What you absolutely must see at the Chelsea Flower Show 2025, from the King's new rose to the 'perfect' garden

43

Tony Juniper: Saving the world, breeding budgies and why the King is 'the most influential environmentalist of all time'

44

Louis D. Hall: Crossing the Alps, sailing the Atlantic in a glorified bathtub and bringing sanity to how we live with horses

45

George Monbiot: 'Farmers need stability and security... Instead, they're contending with chaos'

46

Vintage tractors and memories of summers past, with Oliver Godfrey

47

Melissa Harrison: The accidental nature writer who became an accidental nature app developer

48

The remarkable history of Britain and its animals, with Karen Jones

49

Chloe Dalton: The woman who swapped top-level geopolitics to rescue a baby hare, and had her life changed forever

50

The photographer on a 15-year quest to find the most incredible doors in London, with Cath Harries

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