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

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