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Country Life

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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Episode Playlist

50 episodes

Oct 28, 2024•—

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

Nov 4, 2024•—

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

Nov 11, 2024•—

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

Nov 18, 2024•—

Henrietta Spencer-Churchill: My life at Blenheim Palace

Nov 25, 2024•—

Kelvin Fletcher: From Strictly to sheep dip

Dec 2, 2024•—

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

Dec 16, 2024•—

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

Jan 27, 2025•—

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

Feb 4, 2025•—

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

Feb 17, 2025•—

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

Feb 24, 2025•—

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

Mar 3, 2025•—

Eleanor Doughty: The secret lives of the aristocracy in Britain

Mar 10, 2025•—

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

Mar 17, 2025•—

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

Mar 24, 2025•—

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

Mar 31, 2025•—

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

Apr 7, 2025•—

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

Apr 14, 2025•—

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

Apr 23, 2025•—

Vintage tractors and memories of summers past, with Oliver Godfrey

Apr 28, 2025•—

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

May 5, 2025•—

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

May 12, 2025•—

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

May 19, 2025•—

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

May 26, 2025•—

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

Jun 2, 2025•—

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

Jun 9, 2025•—

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

Jun 16, 2025•—

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

Jun 23, 2025•—

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

Jun 30, 2025•—

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

Jul 7, 2025•—

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

Jul 15, 2025•—

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

Jul 21, 2025•—

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

Jul 28, 2025•—

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

Aug 5, 2025•—

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

Aug 12, 2025•—

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

Aug 19, 2025•—

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

Aug 26, 2025•—

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

Sep 1, 2025•—

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

Sep 8, 2025•—

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

Sep 15, 2025•—

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

Sep 22, 2025•—

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

Sep 29, 2025•—

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

Oct 6, 2025•—

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

Oct 13, 2025•—

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

Oct 21, 2025•—

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

Nov 3, 2025•—

Amelia Thomas: The woman who learned to talk to animals

Nov 10, 2025•—

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

Nov 19, 2025•—

The dogs of Country Life, with Agnes Stamp

Nov 25, 2025•—

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

Dec 8, 2025•—

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