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Why do the English constantly say sorry?
What is that makes the people of this island so overly fond of apologising? Deborah Nicholls-Lee finds out.
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1775: The year Britain produced a dazzling generation who changed the world
From Jane Austen to J. M. W Turner, 1775 was a stellar year for Britain's creative industries.
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His Majesty The King shares the songs ‘which have brought him joy’
Grace Jones, Bob Marley and RAYE all have been give the royal seal of approval.
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The secret lives of the British aristocracy, with Eleanor Doughty
Eleanor Doughty has spent years getting to know the aristocracy of Britain — and she joins us on the Country Life Podcast to talk about their lives.
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How to leave London — and why
The gravity of the nation's capital can be difficult to escape from, but making the effort to do so can be entirely worth it.
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‘The original plan was just to buy a Land Rover and go on a trip’: Why Tati Reed and a battered Land Rover might be the only honest thing on the internet
The secret to gaining 450,000 followers in less than two years might just be breaking down a lot in an old Defender.
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Prophet, playboy, and provocateur: How meeting Peter Beard changed my life
Peter Beard's dramatic, bloody artwork and drug-fuelled partying might've shocked American society, but is was 'desperately important' to his biographer who recounts meeting him, aged 78, at the artist and diarist's Montauk home.
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The wine merchant: 'We’re all shattered by the time we close at 3pm on Christmas Eve'
In the last of our series on the people who make Christmas in the country what it is, Paula Lester speaks to wine merchant Tom Ashworth.
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The award-winning cook who makes 5,000 Christmas puddings a year, every single one of them by hand
Kate Green talks to Wizz Gambier, the woman who lives and breathes Christmas puddings, in our series on the people who make Christmas in the country the joy it is.
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The cathedral choirmaster: 'The thing I love about the Christmas repertoire is the mix of modern and ancient'
Today's piece in our series on the people who make Christmas in the country sees Kate Green meet Tim Parsons at Wells Cathedral.
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The gamekeeper: ‘I’ve lost count of the school plays that I made by the skin of my teeth’
Our series on the people who make Christmas in the country what it is continues as Paula Lester meets Andrew Holloway.
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Mushroom gin, Lego houses, and dull men and women, with James May
That bloke off Top Gear joins the Country Life Podcast to talk about making his own gin, how to run a pub, why dull men and women are anything but and why he hates the North Pole and suitcases with wheels.
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The Christmas wreath-maker: 'They sell quicker than we can make them'
All this week we're running a series on the people who make Christmas in the country what it is. Today, Paula Lester meets wreath maker Ellie Taylor.
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Champagne with fish and chips, and what to drink at Christmas with Oscar Dodd of Fortnum & Mason
Fortnum & Mason's wine and spirits guru Oscar Dodd joins the Country Life podcast.
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Kelvin Fletcher: From Strictly Come Dancing to the sheep dip
This week's guest on the Country Life Podcast is Kelvin Fletcher, star of Fletchers' Family Farm, who talks to James Fisher about why he decided to move to the Peak District and dive head first into the rural way of life.
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Henrietta Spencer-Churchill: My life at Blenheim Palace, from waterskiing on the lake to dealing with a £10 million bill for a new roof
Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill joins the Country Life Podcast.
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The science behind how Nature can heal us, and how it's easier than you think, with Professor Miles Richardson
Professor Miles Richardson joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.
