All Episodes

From Norman Foster and Ken Follett to James May's Lego and Sadam Hussein's Rolex: The best of the Country Life Podcast

What not to miss at the 2026 Chelsea Flower Show, with Clive Nichols and Kathryn Bradley-Hole

70 years of housing hell — and how to make it stop: Jonathan Glancey on the Country Life Podcast

'I hadn't seen anyone who looked like me moving outdoors': Bethany Handley on nature, access, and going up mountains in a pink wheelchair

Is the cure for modern life as simple as going for a walk? Annabel Streets on the Country Life Podcast

Is now the time to buy a country house? Strutt & Parker's experts on the Country Life Podcast

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

The craft renaissance, with Giles Kime

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

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

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

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

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

Moving to the Cotswolds and DIY disasters, with Jim Chapman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The dogs of Country Life, with Agnes Stamp

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

Amelia Thomas: The woman who learned to talk to animals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vintage tractors and memories of summers past, with Oliver Godfrey

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

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

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

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

Britain's whale boom and and the predator that's far scarier than a great white shark with Dan Abbott, aka Shark Man Dan

The timeless elegance of English country house style, with Guy Goodfellow and Steven Rodel

Eleanor Doughty: The secret lives of the aristocracy in Britain

Patrick Galbraith: Dukes, drug dealers, nudists, and the truth about access to Britain's countryside

Gareth Dennis: The truth about HS2 that you never knew until it was too late

The best places to visit in 2025 and hunting for the Ark of the Covenant, with Lonely Planet's Tom Hall

Marina Gibson: The angler extraordinaire on salmon fishing, conservation and bagpipes on the Tay

Mushroom gin, Lego houses, and Dull Men (and women), with James May

Champagne with fish and chips, and what to drink at Christmas with Oscar Dodd of Fortnum & Mason

Kelvin Fletcher: From Strictly to sheep dip

Henrietta Spencer-Churchill: My life at Blenheim Palace

The science behind how Nature can heal us, and how it's easier than you think, with Professor Miles Richardson

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: Changing rooms, velvet and leather, and growing old disgracefully

Louise Davidson: Haunted houses, psychic aunts, Gothic novels and writing at night with the lights off

Do leopards hunt in packs, and other frequently asked questions on travel, with Rosie Paterson

Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham: 'We're designing houses for the next 50 years'

The truth about growing up in a castle, with Cosmo Linzee Gordon

Poems about pies, the foul-mouthed parrot upstaging Margaret Atwood and starting World War III via Desert Island Discs: Ian McMillan on the Country Life Podcast

Literature, landscape and bending rivers, with Vicky and Charles Rangeley-Wilson

Lucy Shepherd: Britain's most intrepid young explorer on trekking the Amazon

Charlie Bigham on food, farming and why it takes three hours to make the perfect lasagne

Adam Hay-Nicholls: How to sneak onto a yacht at the Monaco GP, rub shoulders with Beyoncé and accidentally buy a Bentley

The Spice Girls, The Stage and the state of the Arts, with Alistair Smith

How to live like a Tudor, and other stories, with Ruth Goodman

David Messum: Whimsical tales from the life of one of Britain's greatest art dealers

From Tudors and Georgians to pet monkeys in Roman Britain: Matt Thompson of English Heritage on telling the stories of the past

Lady Violet Manners on the past, present and future of our heritage

The best beaches in Britain with Chris Haslam, the man who's just visited 543 of them

Buckingham Palace, Taylor Swift, and how to get your house featured in Country Life, with John Goodall

The accidental invention of the teenager and other stories from the history of the home, with Sonia Solicari

Charlie Waite: Britain's greatest landscape photographer on the secrets of his art

The worst new buildings in Britain, with Charlie Baker

What you need to know before you move house, by property expert Annabel Dixon

Why you've been doing holidays wrong for years

Why does Wales exist, and 46 more questions about the borders of the world, with Jonn Elledge

The 12 most iconic paintings in the National Gallery

An insider's guide to judging the Chelsea Flower Show

Isabella Tree: How rewilding took the Knepp Estate from a ruin in the red to a miracle of Nature

When the King and Queen edited Country Life, by the editor who guided them every step of the way

Everything that's wrong with housing in Britain — and how to put it right

Blenheim Palace: Behind the scenes at one of Britain's greatest building

Emma Sims-Hilditch and the re-invention of the country house aesthetic

Badminton at 75: The story of the 'Wimbledon of 3-day eventing'

Revd Colin Heber-Percy: Easter, the Meaning of Life, and making dog collars from chocolate wrappers

The architect whose grand designs bring inspiration to the English countryside

Millie Pilkington: Photographing dogs, movie stars, and the Royal Family

What I grow in my own garden, by Country Life's gardens editor Tiffany Daneff

Britain's 100 best architects, interior designers, craftspeople and garden designers

Fiona Stafford: The greatest myth of the countryside

Helen Rebanks: Farming, food, the meaning of life... and dogs stealing birthday cakes

Stonehenge, Avebury and the stone circles of Britain, with Professor Vicki Cummings

Clive Nichols: The secrets of the king of garden photography

Norman Foster: A life in architecture, why we need to save the Green Belt, and the future of cities

Hot destinations, missing underwear and dodging volcanoes: An insider's guide to travelling the world

Tom Kerridge: Michelin stars, fish and chips, and a life in food

How (not) to fix up an old country house

My week surviving on an uninhabited Scottish island

Rosamund Young: The Wisdom of Sheep and other animals

Boom, bust and property lust: Penny Churchill on 30 years of Britain's best houses

The five best castles in Britain

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