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music and the countryside

Great classical music inspired by the British countryside

Boundary Dragon on Victoria Embankment, London

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St George’s Day: when it is and history behind the legend

Beatrice Harrison

Beatrice Harrison and the nightingale: was the 1924 duet a fake?

Women's Land Army, Getty

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International Women’s Day: celebrate the amazing women who shaped the British countryside

Pure whisky with ice cube inside whisky glass on fire wood background

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Burns Night: traditions, recipes and great Scottish walks

Caucasian Male Walker (29 Years Old) on the Malvern Hills on a frosty winter morning. Herefordshire & Worcestershire. England. UK. (Caucasian Male Walker (29 Years Old) on the Malvern Hills on a frosty winter morning. Herefordshire & Worcestershire. E

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How Great Malvern shaped Narnia, Middle Earth and Nimrod

Amy Jeffs, Storyland by Oliver Edwards

Hear the ancient stories of Britain with historian Amy Jeffs on the Avalon Marshes

Tom Cox on Dartmoor – Countryfile podcast

Strange tales of family and folklore from the wilds of Dartmoor with author Tom Cox

secrets of a country graveyard

Uncovering the secrets of a graveyard in Gloucestershire

iona in the Countryfile magazine podcast

Exploring the sacred isle of Iona off the west coast of Scotland

Christopher Somerville in the countryfile podcast

Exploring the lost town of Old Sarum in Wiltshire with writer Christopher Somerville

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Wild People: Scottish naturalist and author Eliza Brightwen

Pembrokeshire, Wales

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St David’s Day traditions: when is it and how do the Welsh celebrate?

Pope Gregory IV (827-844) illustration by Mary Evans

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All Saints’ Day: History, traditions and why it is celebrated today

Sun rays breaking through Scots pines

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Britain’s best literary forests