<![CDATA[ Latest from Country Life in Consuming-passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/tag/consuming-passions Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Clodagh McKenna on living next door to the real Downton Abbey, meeting her husband at Fortnum & Mason’s and forest bathing ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/clodagh-mckenna-on-living-next-door-to-the-real-downton-abbey-meeting-her-husband-at-fortnum-and-masons-and-forest-bathing BzwXPPNSQQUhvLXKBd87w3 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘He approached death as the next part he was going to play’: Gregory Doran on life after the death of his husband ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/he-approached-death-as-the-next-part-he-was-going-to-play-gregory-doran-on-life-after-the-death-of-his-husband-anthony-sher pYhH9ViorGzVb8P7KN96x Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I have no concept of anyone who's like me. Now, that's either because I'm such an egomaniac that I am sort of completely self obsessed, or … because I haven’t watched enough films’: Monty Don’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/i-have-no-concept-of-anyone-whos-like-me-now-thats-either-because-im-such-an-egomaniac-that-i-am-sort-of-completely-self-obsessed-or-because-i-havent-watched-enough-films-monty-dons-consuming-passions o8fveKR2nBTwXpvK7bztnf Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I try to offset that sense of boring normality by playing bass in a punk rock band with Robert Peston and Ed Balls’: John Wilson’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/i-try-to-offset-that-sense-of-boring-normality-by-playing-bass-in-a-punk-rock-band-with-robert-peston-and-ed-balls-john-wilsons-consuming-passions UszTLrP9FAvn5x56sLfhXP Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:06:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘Dialogue is an extension of feeling. If I don’t remember a line, it’s because I haven’t understood why I was saying it’: Claire Foy’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/dialogue-is-an-extension-of-feeling-if-i-dont-remember-a-line-its-because-i-havent-understood-why-i-was-saying-it-claire-foys-consuming-passions 9KDcYuLNJNwUStTByEZXoT Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘Being a jeweller, you have to keep on top of the news, because you're affected so much by the price of gold': Sheherazade Goldsmith’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/being-a-jeweller-you-have-to-keep-on-top-of-the-news-because-youre-affected-so-much-by-the-price-of-gold-sheherazade-goldsmiths-consuming-passions rZza8MJ5vekynny2JbA3mY Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sarah Raven: ‘I find nature very inspiring and reassuring, when things are feeling a bit dire in the world and we have world wars’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/sarah-raven-i-find-nature-very-inspiring-and-reassuring-when-things-are-feeling-a-bit-dire-in-the-world-and-we-have-world-wars UZqV5Gs6JBeXQZgAmfVcDo Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eve Myles: ‘You wouldn't believe how many Emily Blunt pictures get sent to me to sign’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/eve-myles-im-the-most-non-confrontational-person-youll-ever-meet-whereas-most-of-the-characters-i-play-are-the-most-confident-confrontational-women-going 8BPmwA9A8TEkRUkuZRRed7 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:02:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'My husband gave me a pendant full of melted snow from the top of Everest': Bridgerton's Julia Quinn on romantic gestures and her consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/there-are-far-more-male-backsides-than-female-backsides-in-bridgerton-and-im-here-for-it-julia-quinns-consuming-passions rPL7GATqprtCPjK6FpeCZF Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:10:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I do write in and say they should have more about farming': Zandra Rhodes on The Archers, getting arrested and making clothes for Freddie Mercury ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/i-do-write-in-occasionally-and-say-that-i-think-they-should-have-more-about-farming-zandra-rhodes-on-the-archers-getting-arrested-designing-clothes-for-freddie-mercury-and-her-consuming-passions SejKt8WGHxF7ht7kJ8Smv3 Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:57:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I’m like: “Give me those tights, let me show you”: Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/im-like-give-me-those-tights-let-me-show-you-ballet-superstar-carlos-acostas-consuming-passions 5B2u2iUYEvYBqTyEsvUM5A Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I don't consider myself to be a nepo baby at all’: Caroline Avedon on preserving her grandfather's legacy — and her consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/i-dont-consider-myself-to-be-a-nepo-baby-at-all-caroline-avedon-on-preserving-her-grandfathers-legacy-and-her-consuming-passions mgiUkdK9SSscdi6DWKLZnY Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:44:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The Taylor Swift effect? We've never experienced anything like it': Jeweller Cece Fein-Hughes' consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/style/the-taylor-swift-effect-weve-never-experienced-anything-like-it-jeweller-cece-fein-hughes-consuming-passions 49yV3oHKXtFimPpRkKqB8d Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:35:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I thought I was going to be sick. I was very nervous about MasterChef’: Monica Galetti’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/i-thought-i-was-going-to-be-sick-i-was-very-nervous-about-masterchef-monica-galettis-consuming-passions VDmrAnJxzsjf3qLoj68c4D Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:10:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Actor Jennifer Garner on Diane Keaton, 'collecting women' — and her consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/lifestyle/im-so-unnerved-by-ais-march-toward-all-of-us-jennifer-garner-on-acting-collecting-women-and-her-consuming-passions W9PJpTE3FeCuGFwuxj2uM3 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:43:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I wasn’t really sure that I wanted to be a ballet dancer’: The English National Ballet's prima ballerina on playing Clara in The Nutcracker and her consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and-antiques/i-wasnt-really-sure-that-i-wanted-to-be-a-ballet-dancer-the-prima-ballerina-of-the-english-national-ballets-the-nutcracker-on-her-consuming-passions bLNEDRuSQnZKLdEreAGJZ3 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:37:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I have an obsession with having a good time’: Fred Sirieix on his newfound love of gardening, moving to the UK and his consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/i-have-an-obsession-with-having-a-good-time-fred-siriex-on-his-newfound-love-of-gardening-moving-to-the-uk-and-his-consuming-passions MsEtxU27bBBxWxUi4RCaXN Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:53:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mark Gatiss: ‘BBC Two turned down The League of Gentlemen six times’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/mark-gatiss-bbc-two-turned-down-the-league-of-gentlemen-six-times 9p98jEg8fYsvxNiHCVYt6n Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:12:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I 100% always knew that I was going to do something creative’: Petra Palumbo on her design house, love of Scotland and consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/i-100-percent-always-knew-that-i-was-going-to-do-something-creative-petra-palumbo-on-her-design-house-love-of-scotland-and-consuming-passions iqm6RmcUbjHWLR5HDV9hei Thu, 20 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:00:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘She was absolutely extraordinary. One of my favourite things, photographing her, was the power that came through the door’: Rankin on capturing Elizabeth II, embracing artificial intelligence and almost becoming an accountant ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/she-was-absolutely-extraordinary-one-of-my-favourite-things-photographing-her-was-the-power-that-came-through-the-door-rankin-on-photographing-elizabeth-ii-embracing-artificial-intelligence-and-almost-becoming-an-accountant kgHEiNFksPkGrDXLsi4qtN Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:45:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'People always think that, working on The Telegraph, I'll be told that things aren't right wing enough. But in 37 years, I've never, ever been told that’: The Telegraph’s cartoonist Matt on his consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/i-went-from-newsagent-to-newsagent-checking-to-see-if-it-was-in-every-copy-of-the-magazine-the-telegraphs-matt-on-his-career-as-a-cartoonist-his-love-of-snoopy-and-how-he-stole-his-wife-from-laurence-llewellyn-bowen Y6NbGkLYjek3MxpMTPthL8 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:04:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘So many of us look at the world through our screens and forget to pay attention to the world outside’: Katy Hessel on the world’s great female artists, why free entry to museums matters and her consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/so-many-of-us-look-at-the-world-through-our-screens-and-forget-to-pay-attention-to-the-world-outside-katy-hessel-on-the-worlds-great-female-artists-why-free-entry-to-museums-matters-and-her-consuming-passions SJj4ssgwhjYdvwEa9cYiwG Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I’m not impressed by an Oxbridge education’: Author Jessie Burton on her acting ambitions, writing ‘The Miniaturist’ and her consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/im-not-impressed-by-an-oxbridge-education-author-jessie-burton-on-her-acting-ambitions-writing-the-miniaturist-and-her-consuming-passions TdG32S3wojb4qeoAvjXvt Sun, 02 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:14:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘In my twenties I was asked by a newspaper to test out an orgasm machine. I said, "Absolutely"’: Elizabeth Day on her early career in journalism and consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and-antiques/elizabeth-day-in-my-twenties-i-was-asked-by-a-newspaper-to-test-out-an-orgasm-machine-i-said-absolutely-slap-the-electrodes-on-me stsQ9genEeUjnhNGEgvzKc Sat, 25 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:15:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dire Straits' bassist John Illsley reveals why he swapped the recording studio for the art studio — and his consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/from-the-sultans-of-swing-to-embracing-painting-john-illsleys-consuming-passions MUCD3Q5CJmYEydhWeDcqNk Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:02:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:15:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Martin Brudnizki, the face behind almost every five-star hotel interior, on his consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/martin-brudnizki-the-face-behind-almost-every-five-star-hotel-interior-on-his-consuming-passions 5jBRB9WYayFM6VJsEVgsp6 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:16:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘Lots of books, Scrabble, a pack of cards and James Norton. Oh, and some wine’: Alison Weir’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/lots-of-books-scrabble-a-pack-of-cards-and-james-norton-oh-and-some-wine-alison-weirs-consuming-passions CPThuodzoHNCUKqsCsvE3e Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:17:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Maria de la Orden’s consuming passions: Dark chocolate, Hockney and the diamond accessories that remind her of her family ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/maria-de-la-ordens-consuming-passions-dark-chocolate-hockney-and-the-diamond-accessories-that-remind-her-of-her-family fb2DPdD4TgZE7C4MLFes6H Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:21:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘Everyone had dodgy magazines hidden under their beds and I had interior design magazines’: James Thurstan Waterworth's consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/lifestyle/everyone-had-dodgy-magazines-hidden-under-their-beds-and-i-had-interior-design-magazines-james-thurstan-waterworths-consuming-passions KJKucoZC96WLJNt7npoJ9B Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:17:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I take a box of watercolours and a sketchpad with me everywhere': Tess Newall's consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/i-take-a-box-of-watercolours-and-a-sketchpad-with-me-everywhere-tess-newalls-consuming-passions WAuRaj7CiXK2tGqhDSPLr8 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:22:54 +0000