May

Cover Story: Back from the brink

Water, water everywhere

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Keith Noble gains much of the inspiration for his paintings from the glorious south Shropshire setting that is his home and workplace. Shirley Tart catches up with him – eventually

A brief history of time

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Ken Tudor salutes a new book by a Shropshire academic, in which she has combined her formidable skills as a local historian with her gardening expertise

Inn a state of grace

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Henry Carpenter enjoys a meal a deux in the north Shropshire village of Grinshill

Living off the land

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Headlines have been screaming out for some time that little else but doom and gloom surrounds the property market. While no one would deny that the industry is suffering to a greater or lesser degree, some areas of the wider property market are more than holding their own, not least land and agriculture Henry Carpenter investigates