Country Life magazine has been celebrating the best of life in Britain for over 126 years, from the castles and cottages that dot the land to the beautiful countryside around us. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Country Life
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Country Life magazine has been celebrating the best of life in Britain for over 126 years, from the castles and cottages that dot the land to the beautiful countryside around us. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
May 19, 2026
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Gardens expert Kathryn Bradley-Hole and garden photographer Clive Nichols share essential Chelsea Flower Show highlights with host Toby Keel.
May 12, 2026
70 years of housing hell — and how to make it stop: Jonathan Glancey on the Country Life Podcast
<p>Britain is full of architectural talent and ideas. So why is our affordable housing in such a state? </p><br><p>'We need to think of unusual sites and then do something special with them,' says the architecture critic and writer Jonathan Glancey, who joins James Fisher on this week's Country Life Podcast.</p><br><p>Making housing better for all of us — not just the privileged few — is at the heart of the discussion between James and Jonathan, just as it's one of the key issues in Jonathan's latest book, Where We Live: The Fractured Art of British Housebuilding and How to Build the Homes We Need, which is out in June 2026.</p><br><p>Jonathan's years of experience and expertise — from his first job at the The Architectural Review to his many years as The Guardian's architecture and design editor — shines through as he talks about everything from the model villages built by the great railway companies of Victorian Britain through to the huge mistakes made in social housing between 1945 and 1990. </p><br><p>He illuminates the topic in fascinating detail, in a talk which is by turns inspiring, depressing and forward-looking. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.</p><br><p>Where We Live: The Fractured Art of British Housebuilding and How to Build the Homes We Need is <a href="https://www.iconbooks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">published by Icon Books</a> on June 20, 2026 — you can order a copy now from all good bookshops.</p><br><p><strong>Episode credits</strong></p><p>Host: James Fisher</p><p>Guest: Jonathan Glancey</p><p>Editor and producer: Toby Keel</p><p>Music: JuliusH via Pixabay</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 5, 2026
'I hadn't seen anyone who looked like me moving outdoors': Bethany Handley on nature, access, and going up mountains in a pink wheelchair
<p><a href="https://bethanyhandley.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bethany Handley</a> was always an outdoorsy kid. Climbing mountains, crossing rivers or surfing in the sea near her home in South Wales, she lived and worked in the wild, with a job as an outdoor activity instructor.</p><br><p>All that changed in the matter of a few months as illness left her in a wheelchair. Instead of being out and about, she found herself in a rural home where all the paths she once walked were blocked off to her by stiles whose existence she'd once barely noticed.</p><br><p>Yet she has been determined not to let that stop her enjoying nature, doing everything she can to get out in the great outdoors — from surfing on a special board adapted for her by her brother, to getting her partner's help to climb ridges in the Black Mountains.</p><br><p>We're absolutely delighted that Bethany joined James Fisher for this week's instalment of the Country Life Podcast. She tells her story with grace, honesty and humour — a story she's also shared in <a href="https://rossiterbooks.co.uk/my-body-is-a-meadow-by-bethany-handley/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a new book</a>, My Body is a Meadow: Finding Freedom in the Outdoors, published on May 7, 2026.</p><br><p>Bethany talks about everything from the thoughts that ran through her head as she lay in her hospital bed to the efforts she makes today to campaign for better access to the countryside for the huge number of people in Britain who face problems getting around. It's a fascinating and salutary glimpse into a different life; you'll never take your legs for granted again.</p><br><p>My Body is a Meadow: Finding Freedom in the Outdoors by Bethany Handley is <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/my-body-is-a-meadow/bethany-handley/9781035427505" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">published by Headline — you can order a copy here</a>.</p><br><p><strong>Episode credits</strong></p><p>Host: James Fisher</p><p>Guest: Bethany Handley</p><p>Producer and Editor: Toby Keel</p><p>Music: JuliusH via Pixabay</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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