Latest Highclere Podcast Episodes
A summer stroll in the gardens
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - July 01, 2024 00:00 - 22 minutesSummer in Britain has been slow to arrive this year, but on a lovely sunny afternoon Geordie and I took a walk through the gardens to enjoy the sights, sounds, and scents that make up our beautiful surroundings. I should say that although sunny it was a little windy but don't be put off by the b...
Faster than a bullet: John Tye
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - June 01, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutesIn the midst of filming for the third Downton Abbey movie I was pleased to welcome John Tye to Highclere. John is an inspirational character who flew the record-breaking supersonic airliner Concorde. Starting life in an orphanage he made it to the edge of space in one of the world's most advance...
Countdown's Susie Dent
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - May 01, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutesIn this episode of my podcast I get to talk about two of my great loves - words and language. My guest Susie Dent is an English lexicographer, etymologist, and the word referee in "Dictionary Corner" on the TV game show Countdown since 1992. Susie is also a bestselling author having written m...
Nature writer Nicola Chester
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - April 01, 2024 00:00 - 23 minutesMy guest this month is local nature writer Nicola Chester. As Spring arrives at the real Downton Abbey it was lovely to sit down and talk about the beautiful countryside that surrounds us. Nicola's Award Winning Memoir is called 'On Gallows Down: Place, Protest and Belonging'. You can hear ...
Racehorse trainer Richard Hannon
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - March 01, 2024 01:00 - 29 minutesBehind the scenes at the real Downton Abbey this month I'm talking to raecehorse trainer Richard Hannon who is not only a good friend to my husband and myself but looks after some of the racehorses we've bred. Racing is very close to our hearts here at Highclere Castle especially as my father ...
Decorating the real Downton Abbey: Sarah Morris
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - February 01, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutesThis month I'm joined by my friend and respected interior designer Sarah Morris. Sarah has been by my side as I've worked to restore and re-decorate the very many rooms here at Highclere Castle over the past 20 years. From wallpaper, Royal house guests and even ghosts, join me and Sarah on an i...
Historian Bettany Hughes
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - January 01, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutesHappy New Year! What better way to start 2024 than by welcoming historian, author, broadcaster and good friend Bettany Hughes to 'the real Downton Abbey'. You can hear more episodes of Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcasts at https://www.ladycarnarvon.com/podcast/ New episodes are published on th...
Actress Emma Samms
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - December 01, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutesDecember is traditionally the month for giving so it's perhaps apt that my guest this month is the founder of a wonderful charity Starlight. Starlight raises funds for children’s play in healthcare, supporting children to experience the power of play to boost their wellbeing and resilience duri...
Author Victoria Hislop
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - November 01, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutesMy guest this month is the author Victoria Hislop. Victoria has entranced us all with her wonderful stories about Greece. Her debut book 'The Island' became an international bestseller, and her latest is called 'The figurine'. You can hear more episodes of Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcasts ...
Victoria Hislop
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - November 01, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutesMy guest this month is the author Victoria Hislop. Victoria has entranced us all with her wonderful stories about Greece. Her debut book 'The Island' became an international bestseller, and her latest is called 'The figurine'. You can hear more episodes of Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcasts at...
Dr Colleen Darnell
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - October 01, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutesThis month's podcast is all about one of my favourite topics Egyptology. Joining me at Highclere Castle is Dr Colleen Darnell, an Egyptologist, author and educator. Her latest book 'Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth' was co-authored with her husband, John ...
Egyptologist Dr Colleen Darnell
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - October 01, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutesThis month's podcast is all about one of my favourite topics Egyptology. Joining me at Highclere Castle is Dr Colleen Darnell, an Egyptologist, author and educator. Her latest book 'Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth' was co-authored with her husband, John ...
Smiles
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - September 01, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutesMy guest this month is one of best girl friends. I've known 'smiles' since I met her at university and she's remained a close friend ever since. Recently she's worked alongside me in the preparation of my book 'The Earl and the Pharaoh', so I thought an ideal time to sit down with her and remini...
The Power of Geography: Tim Marshall
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - August 01, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutesIt's August and my guest this month is the journalist and best selling author Tim Marshall. “Prisoners of Geography” has sold over 2 million copies and I have much enjoyed his recent book the “Power of Geography”. Tim’s books offer fascinating insights into this world on which we are all try...
Victoria & Abdul: Shrabani Basu
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - June 30, 2023 20:00 - 29 minutesMy guest this month is a dear friend, and renowned author, Shrabani Basu. Shrabani is an Indian journalist and historian who is perhaps best known for writing the true story of 'Victoria & Abdul' about Queen Victoria's friendship with an Indian attendant Abdul Karim. It was a joy to sit down ...
James Holland
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - May 31, 2023 22:00 - 29 minutesMy guest this month is the WW2 history author James Holland. I've got to know James over the years having appeared as a guest on several occasions at the wonderful history festival he founded. The Chalke Valley history festival in the nearby county of Wiltshire has grown to be one of the biggest...
Historian James Holland
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - May 31, 2023 22:00 - 29 minutesMy guest this month is the WW2 history author James Holland. I've got to know James over the years having appeared as a guest on several occasions at the wonderful history festival he founded. The Chalke Valley history festival in the nearby county of Wiltshire has grown to be one of the biggest...
Highclere's Archivist: David Rymill
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - May 01, 2023 23:00 - 31 minutesOften the starting point for one of my books on the history of Highclere Castle is a conversation with David Rymill. David is our archivist and there's not much he doesn't know about the family history thanks to the extensive archive of documents and letters dating back to when the family first ...
Highclere's History Detective: David Rymill
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - May 01, 2023 23:00 - 31 minutesOften the starting point for one of my books on the history of Highclere Castle is a conversation with David Rymill. David is our archivist and there's not much he doesn't know about the family history thanks to the extensive archive of documents and letters dating back to when the family first ...
Jane Austen's House: Lizzie Dunford
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - April 01, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutesJane Austen is one of England’s most celebrated and greatest novelists and Hampshire - the county where Highclere Castle is situated - played an important part in her life, not just as the place she lived but as inspiration to many of her novels. Jane Austen is one of my favourite authors so I...
Jane Austen's House
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - April 01, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutesJane Austen is one of England’s most celebrated and greatest novelists and Hampshire - the county where Highclere Castle is situated - played an important part in her life, not just as the place she lived but as inspiration to many of her novels. Jane Austen is one of my favourite authors so I...
Saving the Planet: Laura Tobin
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - February 28, 2023 23:00 - 38 minutesWe're back after a month away to recharge our podcast batteries! My guest for March is someone very familiar to British TV audiences - weather presenter Laura Tobin. Laura has just written a book called 'Everyday Ways To Save Our Planet' - and so I invited her to come along to Highclere and ...
Flying into the New Year: George Bacon
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - December 31, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutesHappy New Year! We begin 2023 in conversation with one of the people who has helped me unearth the rich aviation history that surrounds Highclere Castle. I first met George Bacon at an event to commemorate Sir Geoffrey De Havilland's first flight on the Highclere Estate at Seven Barrows. Since...
Susannah Constantine
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - December 01, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutesMy guest this month has just published a wonderfully amusing book that looks back on her incredible life. Susannah Constantine is best known as a TV fashion expert, but as she tells me in this podcast her years on television are the least interesting thing about her. Join us in the castle's morn...
Highclere to Tutankhamun: Joann Fletcher
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - October 27, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesThe theme of our recent Highclere Festival was the path to the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. It is an extraordinary tale of two unconventional men, Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, neither of whom had studied archaeology at university but both of whom, through experience and passion, ...
Reflections on the Queen
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - September 30, 2022 23:00 - 25 minutesThe death of Her Majesty the Queen last month was both sad and unsettling. My own experience of meeting her was entirely due to her long friendship with my father-in-law and mother-in-law. In fact my father-in-law was her racing manager at one time, and my husband had the great honour of being ...
Gavin Thurston
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - August 25, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutesI recently had the pleasure of sitting down in the castle library to speak to Gavin Thurston. Combining lenses and penmanship, he has written a fabulous book called “Journey into the Wild, The Secret life of a cameraman” which shares stories of his time behind the scenes during the course of ma...
Wildlife Cameraman: Gavin Thurston
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - August 25, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutesI recently had the pleasure of sitting down in the castle library to speak to Gavin Thurston. Combining lenses and penmanship, he has written a fabulous book called “Journey into the Wild, The Secret life of a cameraman” which shares stories of his time behind the scenes during the course of ma...
Ep.53 Gavin Thurston
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - August 25, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutesI recently had the pleasure of sitting down in the castle library to speak to Gavin Thurston. Combining lenses and penmanship, he has written a fabulous book called “Journey into the Wild, The Secret life of a cameraman” which shares stories of his time behind the scenes during the course of ma...
Sustaining the Future
Lady Carnarvon's Official Podcast - July 28, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesThe recent record high temperatures in the UK has brought climate change back into the headlines. Seasoned climatologists who knew we'd one day break through the 40C barrier have spoken about being stunned to see it happen so soon. Here at Highclere we're always thinking about what we can do to ...
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