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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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'What else can you do but say "it's completely disgusting"?': Britain's worst new buildings, with Charlie Baker and the Carbuncle Cup
The Carbuncle Cup returns after a six-year hiatus. Competition judge and magazine editor Charlie Baker speaks to James Fisher about why pointing out bad architecture matters.
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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.
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When the King and Queen edited Country Life, by the editor who guided them every step of the way
Paula Lester, Country Life's Managing Editor, joins the Country Life podcast.
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Millie Pilkington: Photographing dogs, movie stars and the Royal Family
Portrait photographer Millie Pilkington joins James Fisher on the Country Life podcast.
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Everything that's wrong with housing in Britain — and how to put it right
Nicholas Boys Smith speaks to James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast about how we can plan and build houses and towns which work for everybody.
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Behind the scenes at Blenheim Palace, from the £40m leaky roof to towing visitors stuck in muddy fields
Emily Spencer of Blenheim Palace joins the Country Life Podcast to give a glimpse in to what it takes to keep a UNESCO World Heritage site up and running with 6,000 visitors a day coming through the hallowed halls.
