The Country Life Podcast

Behind the scenes at Blenheim Palace, from the £40m leaky roof to towing visitors stuck in muddy fields

Emma Sims-Hilditch: The reinvention of the country house

Interior designer Emma Sims-Hilditch joins the Country Life Podcast.

The Badminton Horse trials at 75

Country Life's Kate Green joins the podcast to talk about the tale of how the world's best three-day eventing competition came to be.

The real meaning of Easter, and how to make a vicar's dog collar from a Bounty bar

Revd Dr Colin Heber-Percy joins James Fisher on the podcast to talk about life in the church — how he came to the profession in later life, what it was like being a priest in the pandemic, and his life as a writer and reverend.

The architect whose grand designs bring inspiration and beauty to the British countryside

Richard Hawkes joins James Fisher to talk about architecture, the British landscape, and what it's like to see your own house appear on Grand Designs.

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

Portrait photographer Millie Pilkington joins James Fisher on the Country Life podcast.

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

Podcast: Britain's best architects, interior designers, craftspeople and garden designers

Giles Kime joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast to explain how he and the team come up with the definitive list of country house specialists in Britain.

Fiona Stafford: The myth of the unchanging countryside

Professor Fiona Stafford joins James Fisher to talk about the constantly changing landscape around us.

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

Helen Rebanks, the bestselling author who became Britain's favourite farmer's wife, joins the Country Life podcast.

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

One of Britain's top experts on stone circles, Professor Vicki Cummings, joins the Country Life podcast.

Country Life's ultimate guide to podcasts — from history and cricket, to politics and flyfishing

To celebrate the launch of the Country Life Podcast, we've curated a list of our favourite podcasts to help cut through the noise.

Clive Nichols: Secrets from the king of garden photography

Britain's top garden photographer Clive Nichols joins the Country Life podcast.

Norman Foster on the Country Life podcast: 'The Green Belt is one of our greatest inventions'

Lord Norman Foster, one of Britain's great architects, joins the Country Life podcast.

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

Country Life's Travel Editor Rosie Paterson joins the podcast to share her wisdom, experience — and a disturbing number of blunders.

Tom Kerridge: 'Fish and chips on Brighton beach can be every bit as magical as a Michelin three-star restaurant'

Tom Kerridge, one of Britain's top chefs, is the guest on this week's Country Life podcast.

How (not) to fix up a country house, by our interiors guru Giles Kime

Ignore your friends, take a long view and steer clear of anything that smacks of being fashionable: Giles Kime shares his advice on fixing up houses with the Country Life Podcast.

My week surviving on an uninhabited Scottish island

Patrick Galbraith joins the Country Life podcast to talk about his week living on the uninhabited island of Scarba, off the west coast of Scotland.

Naughty sheep, clever cows and a lifetime of farming: Rosamund Young on the Country Life Podcast

Listen to best-selling author Rosamund Young on the latest edition of the Country Life Podcast.

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

Nobody in Britain has seen more of the nation's great country houses than Penny Churchill.