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'I sent my husband to buy a dining table. He came back with a vast statue of a lady on a horse': Oka founder Sue Jones on her first house in the countrySue Jones, co-founder of the hugely successful interiors company Oka, on her beautifully secluded house in the country.
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Gyles Brandreth: ‘Who would play me in a film of my life? Kermit the frog’Ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe show, Lotte Brundle talks to the author, presenter and former politician about his podcast, hoarding issue and love of the Muppets.
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These are a few of Sarah Corbett-Winder's favourite thingsThe fashion stylist and 'bonkers mother of three' talks to Amie Elizabeth White about Gucci, sausage dogs and scent. Illustrations by Bryony Fripp.
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‘I see a snail, and I feel no animosity towards it. I'm perfectly happy for it to continue being a snail without being on my plate’: George the Poet’s Consuming PassionsLotte Brundle chats to the spoken-word artist about his most memorable meal, starting his career aged 15 and swapping grime music for poetry.
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'I climbed trees, built treehouses and had a sandpit — bucolic bliss': Timothy Bentinck, better known as David from 'The Archers', on his first house in the countryThe actor Tim Bentinck grew up in an idyllic spot in the country, but he almost became a real-life farmer on the other side of the globe. He spoke to Julie Harding.
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Jim Chapman: ‘I once signed an autograph as Andrew Garfield by accident’The YouTuber and creative chats to Lotte Brundle about moving to the countryside, content creators today and why he doesn’t read his own press.
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Alan Titchmarsh: ‘Being from Yorkshire is akin to being English with knobs on’To celebrate this week's 'English Issue', six individuals reflect on what being English means to them. Last but not least, Country Life's very own Alan Titchmarsh.
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With Nothing Underneath's founder Pip Durell: ‘The Meghan Markle effect? That was crazy’Once a fashion assistant at Tatler making a measly ‘£12,000 a year’, Pip Durell is now the founder and CEO of With Nothing Underneath. Lotte Brundle meets her.
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John Simpson: ‘I’d narrowly escaped execution as a British army spy in republican West Belfast'To celebrate the release of our recent 'English Issue', Paula Minchin spoke to six individuals on what being English means to them. Today's is John Simpson, the BBC’s world affairs editor.
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Floella, Baroness Benjamin: ‘66 years ago, this new world felt alien and harsh, but I grew to love the English's eccentricities and peculiarities'To celebrate the release of this week's 'English Issue', Paula Minchin spoke to six individuals on what being English means to them. Today's is the Trinidadian-British actress and Liberal Democrat peer, Floella Benjamin.
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Sally Phillips: ‘I accidentally lived in a brothel’Lotte Brundle talks to the actor about returning to the stage after 20 years, her frustration at never getting to kiss Colin Firth in the Bridget Jones films and wanting to look like ET.
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Sir John Major: ‘For all its frustrations, England is where I wish to live. I feel blessed to be British'To celebrate the release of this week's 'English Issue', Paula Minchin spoke to six individuals on what being English means to them. Today's is former prime minister The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH.
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Tom Parker Bowles: ‘The English art of the witty put down is unmatched’To celebrate this week's 'English Issue', six individuals reflect on what being English means to them. First up: Country Life's very own Tom Parker Bowles.
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Hugo Vickers: 'Wallis Simpson enjoyed being the King’s friend, but in no way did she want to become his wife, or to cause a major constitutional crisis'Why everything we've been told about ‘the woman who stole the King’ is wrong, by toyal biographer Hugo Vickers.
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Lady Anne Glenconner: ‘Princess Margaret and I were quite naughty then, Elizabeth always had an eye out for us’The Baroness and British socialite tells Lotte Brundle about growing up with Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, her tumultuous relationship with her late husband and being a ‘gay icon’ aged 93.
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Few historical figures have sat at such a rich juncture between power, empire and progress than this East London princessWill Hosie celebrates the legacy of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh who campaigned strongly for women's independence.
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Dame Prue Leith: ‘I won't say we were rolling drunk, but we were definitely tight’The former ‘Bake Off’ star tells Lotte Brundle about growing old, her burgeoning friendship with Blake Lively and the advice Mary Berry gave her about Paul Hollywood.
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Cariad Lloyd: ‘What I would like people to get from me is a Moomin vibe’The writer, actor and comedian talks about discussing grief on the toilet, raunchily re-writing Jane Austen and the importance of championing women’s writing with Lotte Brundle.
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Have you considered a dog? A snob's guide to heartbreakSophia Money-Coutts on how to make it through the early days of a break up.
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'I hadn't seen anyone who looked like me moving outdoors': Bethany Handley on nature, access, and going up mountains in a pink wheelchairThe author, poet and campaigner Bethany Handley joins the Country Life Podcast.
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'The builders took the roof off and all the walls fell down': Mary King on her first house in the countryMary King, the six-time Olympian and one of the most decorated riders in the history of eventing, on her first country home.
