In Conversation
Browse our ever-expanding series of talks with creatives, conservationists and experts.
Upcoming Talks
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.
Past Talks
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.
All past talks
Join us for an Artist talk and lunch at the Chef's Table in partnership with Countryside Art Club.
Britt Willoughby, artist photographer, will take us through her unique platinum printing technique pioneered by Max Caffell of 31 Studio, to capture historic breeds of tulips in the Dutch Master style, inviting us to explore their every nuance.
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 two-time RHS Flower Show winner, Butter Wakefield, in conversation with acclaimed designer Rita Konig for a truly unique discussion on garden design.
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 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.