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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.
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Fiona Stafford: The myth of the unchanging countryside
Professor Fiona Stafford joins James Fisher to talk about the constantly changing landscape around us.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Clive Nichols: Secrets from the king of garden photography
Britain's top garden photographer Clive Nichols joins the Country Life podcast.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My five favourite castles, by Country Life's Architectural Editor John Goodall
Listen to Dr John Goodall on the Country Life podcast as he names his five favourite castles in Britain — and then adds a bonus castle with 1,000 years of extraordinary history.
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'The best job in the world': Listen to Mark Hedges on The Country Life Podcast
Country Life has launched a podcast, and for the first episode we're pulling back the curtain on the making of Country Life magazine by talking to its editor, Mark Hedges.
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Property in South West Scotland
The unspoilt countryside and mild climate of South West Scotland have attracted the interest of country house buyers. Property prices are steeper near major towns and good transport links
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Property in Central Scotland
Central Scotland boasts a number of small farmhouses and large castles, but manse or factor's houses, the equivalent to the English rectory, are relatively scarce and command a premium
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Property in Shropshire
Large estates are still a feature of the Shropshire countryside. Prices are still favourable in comparison with the South-East, although lack of supply can push them up
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Property in the Scottish Borders
The Borders has always had an active housing market but lately prices have gone through the roof, as a spillover from the Edinburgh booom moves south down the A7 and the A68.
