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Browse our ever-expanding series of talks with creatives, conservationists and experts.
Country Life has invited four leading practitioners in the fields of architects, designers, contractors and suppliers to share their insight into the new demands on the English country house.
Join Andrew Inchley, a director of Yiangou architects, the interior designer Emma Sims- Hilditch, Tim Moulding, whose eponymous building firm was founded in 1798, and Edward Smith, a founding director of the bespoke British stone specialist Artorius Faber, in discussion with Country Life’s Executive Editor Giles Kime.
Join two-time RHS Flower Show winner, Butter Wakefield, in conversation with acclaimed designer Rita Konig for a truly unique discussion on garden design.
Join Ottolenghi Comfort co-authors Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller, and Tara Wigley in conversation with food writer Molly Tait-Hyland to discuss all things Ottolenghi including their joyful and comforting new cookbook.
Join us on a journey of joyful learning.
This Autumn we go back to school, launching a series of in person talks, workshops and events with Create Academy instructors.
Chaired by Fiona McKenzie-Johnston, the panel saw interior designer Bunny Turner, art advisor Rebecca Gordon and gallerist Lyndsey Ingram introduce us to the worlds of art and interiors and talk us through the rules and how to break the, how the two worlds combine in organic, uncontrived ways, and the tricks to merging traditional and contemporary styles. Here are our spark notes.
Join award-winning architectural designer Ben Pentreath, and Country Life's Executive and Interiors Editor Giles Kime, for an engaging and visionary conversation about Ben’s life's work and his new book, An English Vision: Traditional Architecture and Decoration for Today.
Join writer and journalist Daisy Garnett; specialist grower and tulip expert Polly Nicholson; garden designer Sean Pritchard, and photographer Britt Willoughby for an informative and inspiring discussion on the much-loved bulb. Here our experts will share tips and techniques on growing tulips - with recommendations of favourite types and combinations, thoughts on displaying, and an exploration of tulip depictions in art. This conversation is essential for all tulip lovers.
Join Emily Tobin, editor of The World of Interiors, in conversation with acclaimed interiors and textile designer Kathryn M. Ireland who will be talking through her life in design.
Join ecologist Hugh Warwick, and writer Molly Tait-Hyland, for a insightful and candid discussion on how we might help Britain’s favourite mammal and Hugh’s new book, Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation.
From the pitfalls of polyester to the extensive waste generated by seasonal trends, negotiating the fashion world is an incredibly daunting task. Join luxury and sustainability specialist Tiffanie Darke; fashion stylist and editor Bay Garnett; Alex McIntosh, founder of Create Sustain, and Ruth Rands, founder of regenerative knitwear brand HERD for an illuminating and lively discussion on this challenging topic.
Join celebrated garden designers Isabel and Julian Bannerman, artist Endellion Lycett Green and Clare Foster, Garden Editor at House & Garden for an evocative, humorous and highly personal conversation on all things nature and art.
Join award-winning food writer Georgina Hayden and Molly Tait-Hyland for a conversation about her new book Greekish: Everyday Recipes with Greek Roots.
Join Caryn Hibbert, founder of Thyme and creator of Bertioli's beautiful Cutting Garden collection as she leads a conversation with renowned garden design Bunny Guinness and Edward Bulmer, acclaimed interior designer and founder of Edward Bulmer Natural Paint, exploring the role that colour, pattern and nature play in their creative approaches to work and life.
Bertioli's pop-up at the Edward Bulmer Natural Paint showroom in Pimlico promises an inspiring, floriferous evening, in celebration of Belgravia in Bloom and RHS Chelsea Flower Week this May.
Join Isabelle Tompkins, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Samara Reserve, Dr Olly Fox, ornithologist and member of the West Oxfordshire Farmland Bird Project, and Lucy Cleland, Founding Editor of Country & Town House for a conversation on the interconnectedness of these habitats and the remarkable biodiversity found in such polar ecosystems. Here at Thyme this May, they share stories of hope and the resilience of nature.
Join Rachel de Thame, expert horticulturalist and Gardener's World presenter, and Clare Foster, Garden Editor of House & Garden, to learn how to create a garden that provides an abundant resource of plants rich in nectar and pollen all year round.