Country Life

About Country Life

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Country Life

Category

leisure · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Nov 2023

Latest episode

16 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 117 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   16 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   From Norman Foster and Ken Follett to James May's Lego and Sadam Hussein's Rolex: The best of the Country Life Podcast

   Host James Fisher and producer Toby Keel revisit highlights from "Country Life" podcast episodes featuring Norman Foster, Ken Follett, James May, and Saddam Hussein's Rolex.

2. 

   19 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What not to miss at the 2026 Chelsea Flower Show, with Clive Nichols and Kathryn Bradley-Hole

   Gardens expert Kathryn Bradley-Hole and garden photographer Clive Nichols share essential Chelsea Flower Show highlights with host Toby Keel.

3. 

   12 May 2026

   70 years of housing hell — and how to make it stop: Jonathan Glancey on the Country Life Podcast

   Britain is full of architectural talent and ideas. So why is our affordable housing in such a state? '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. 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. 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. 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. Where We Live: The Fractured Art of British Housebuilding and How to Build the Homes We Need is published by Icon Books (https://www.iconbooks.com/) on June 20, 2026 — you can order a copy now from all good bookshops. Episode credits Host: James Fisher Guest: Jonathan Glancey Editor and producer: Toby Keel Music: JuliusH via Pixabay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Who has been a guest on Country Life

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Clive Nichols
• Kathryn Bradley-Hole
• Dan Abbott
• Marcus Janssen
• Corinne Fowler

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

30 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

23 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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