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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.
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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: Changing rooms, mixing leather and velvet, and the joy of growing old disgracefully
Interior designer and TV icon Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen joins the Country Life Podcast.
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Do leopards hunt in packs, and other frequently asked travel questions, with Rosie Paterson
As the nights close in, Country Life's travel editor Rosie Paterson joins the podcast to talk about all things travel.
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'We talk about life's big questions with people who probably thought they were just coming in to discuss the redecoration of their house': Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham on the Country Life Podcast
Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham of Salvesen Graham join James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.
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Epic beauty, sweeping grandeur and water pouring through the ceiling: What it's really like to live in your own castle, with Cosmo Linzee Gordon
Cosmo Linzee Gordon joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast to talk about his upbringing at Cluny Castle.
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Poems about pies, the foul-mouthed parrot upstaging Margaret Atwood and starting World War III via Desert Island Discs: Ian McMillan on the Country Life Podcast
Poet, broadcaster and writer Ian McMillan joins the Country Life Podcast.
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Lucy Shepherd: Britain's most intrepid young explorer on how she went from rural Suffolk to trekking the Amazon
Lucy Shepherd has spent the last 10 years adventuring through some of the most extraordinary landscapes in the world. She spoke to James Fisher about her life, her inspirations, her career to date and her latest expedition, through some of the most remote jungle in the Amazon.
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Charlie Bigham: The man behind the meals on food, farming, and why cooking his lasagne takes three hours
Who doesn't love a Charlie Bigham fish pie or tikka masala? We spoke to the main man on the Country Life podcast to learn the secrets behind his famous food and hear more about his new cookbook.
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Cooking baked beans in an Aston Martin, rubbing shoulders with Beyoncé and sneaking onto yachts at Monaco, with Adam Hay-Nicholls
The motoring and travel journalist Adam Hay-Nicholls joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast this week.
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The Spice Girls, The Stage and the state of the Arts, with Alistair Smith
The Stage editor Alistair Smith joins James Fisher on the Country Life podcast this week to talk about the performing arts.
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How to live like a Tudor, and other stories, with Ruth Goodman
Historian and author Ruth Goodman joins James Fisher to discuss her life and work, the importance of working class history and how to cook on an open fire.
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David Messum: Whimsical tales from the life of one of Britain's greatest art dealers
David Messum joins Country Life to discuss his 60-year career in the art world.
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From Tudors and Georgians to pet monkeys in Roman Britain: Matt Thompson of English Heritage on telling the stories of the past
Matt Thompson of English Heritage joins the Country Life Podcast.
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How to use the home to explain the past, the present and the future, with Sonia Solicari
The Director of the Museum of the Home comes on to the Country Life Podcast to chat about all things house and home.
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'If you get 12 great photographs a year, you're doing well': Charlie Waite on the secrets of landscape photography
The world-renowned landscape photographer Charlie Waite joins the Country Life Podcast.
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Have you been doing holidays all wrong for years?
Author and journalist Liz Schaffer joins the Country Life Podcast to talk about how 'Slow Travel' can help you make the most of your time off — and what she discovered while touring 22 of Britain's most beautiful off-the-track places.
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The 12 most iconic paintings in The National Gallery, by gallery curator Dr Francesca Whitlum-Cooper
Dr Francesca Whitlum-Cooper joins the Country Life Podcast to share how she and the team at the National Gallery picked the 12 most iconic pieces from the collection to celebrate the gallery's 200th anniversary.
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'Nothing wrong with a bit of furore': An insider's guide to judging the Chelsea Flower Show, by RHS senior judge James Alexander-Sinclair
James Alexander-Sinclair comes to the Country Life podcast to talk about his career in gardening, and his two decades spent as one of the top judges at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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Isabella Tree on how rewilding took the Knepp Estate from a ruin in the red to a miracle of Nature
Isabella Tree tells the incredible tale of Britain's first rewilding project.
