Buckinghamshire, £2.75 million
Stylishly redesigned with pale colours and painted shutters, the modern interior of five-bedroom Chestnut Cottage (with two en-suite bedrooms) blends harmoniously with its exposed oak beams, vaulted ceilings and roomy hearths. One of the properties on Bluey’s Farm, within the Chiltern Hills AONB and about three miles from Marlow, the house is at the centre of three acres that include banked lawns, a sizeable terrace, one-bedroom guesthouse and paddock. Hamptons (01628 260324)
Northamptonshire, £550,000
An adorable and well-kept little Grade IIlisted cottage set on about one-third of an acre in the village of Grafton Regis, six miles from Towcester, The Cabin has plenty of character, with exposed beams and purlins standing out from crisp, white paint and two bedrooms with A-frame roofs. The inglenook fireplace with woodburning stove and bread oven should come into its own as the nights draw in and the garden’s fruit trees include a black mulberry. There is potential to extend, too, as planning and listed-building consent for a single-storey addition was granted in 2006 (now lapsed). Michael Graham (01327 350022)
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Happiness in small things
Putting life into perspective and forces of nature in farming
Colour vision
In an eye-baffling arrangement of geometric shapes, a sinister-looking clown and a little girl, Test Card F is one of television’s most enduring images, says Rob Crossan
'Without fever there is no creation'
Three of the top 10 operas performed worldwide are by the emotionally volatile Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, who died a century ago. Henrietta Bredin explains how his colourful life influenced his melodramatic plot lines
The colour revolution
Toxic, dull or fast-fading pigments had long made it tricky for artists to paint verdant scenes, but the 19th century ushered in a viridescent explosion of waterlili
Bullace for you
The distinction between plums, damsons and bullaces is sweetly subtle, boiling down to flavour and aesthetics, but don’t eat the stones, warns John Wright
Lights, camera, action!
Three remarkable country houses, two of which have links to the film industry, the other the setting for a top-class croquet tournament, are anything but ordinary
I was on fire for you, where did you go?
In Iceland, a land with no monks or monkeys, our correspondent attempts to master the art of fishing light’ for Salmo salar, by stroking the creases and dimples of the Midfjardara river like the features of a loved one
Bravery bevond belief
A teenager on his gap year who saved a boy and his father from being savaged by a crocodile is one of a host of heroic acts celebrated in a book to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Humane Society, says its author Rupert Uloth
Let's get to the bottom of this
Discovering a well on your property can be viewed as a blessing or a curse, but all's well that ends well, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee, as she examines the benefits of a personal water supply
Sing on, sweet bird
An essential component of our emotional relationship with the landscape, the mellifluous song of a thrush shapes the very foundation of human happiness, notes Mark Cocker, as he takes a closer look at this diverse family of birds
