Here's a look at some of what you'll find inside:Life in the sloe laneJohn Wright steps out in search of Nature’s hedgerow bounty, from sloes to sea buckthorn and bullaces to blackberriesThe roads less travelledNow you see them, now you don’t: Roger Morgan-Grenville treads the ephemeral sea paths of Britain, those often-ancient routes at the mercy of the tides(Image credit: Future)A stitch in timeDeborah Nicholls-Lee unearths Mr Darcy’s shirt, Bertie Wooster’s dressing gown and Poldark’s tricorn hat in a fascinating trawl through the Cosprop wardrobesSign up for the Country Life Newsletter Exquisite houses, the beauty of Nature, and how to get the most from your life, straight to your inbox. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsProperty marketA quartet of significant West Country houses is seeking buyers, reports Penny ChurchillProperties of the weekA Devon longhouse, Cornwall cottage and Somerset thatch catch Arabella Youens’s eye(Image credit: Future)When your art is in the right placeTo whom do the experts turn for the best in framing, restoring and valuing? Leading art and antique dealers open their little black books for Amelia ThorpeLeslie MacLeod Miller’s favourite paintingThe impresario picks a portrait of a 19th-century singing sensationCountry-house treasuresThe fortunes of a Cumbrian castle rest with the ‘Luck of Muncaster’, finds John GoodallA Regency prospectSteven Brindle looks at the remarkable story behind a fine Georgian creation — Samuel Wyatt’s Belmont House in Kent(Image credit: Future)The legacyEmma Hughes toasts the genius of Dennis Potter, the man who gave us the darkly comic and gritty Singing DetectiveBeginning to see the lightJohn Lewis-Stempel and his dogs are up with the skylark to witness the dawning of a spectacular September dayLuxuryAmie Elizabeth White on tartan, tweed, timepieces and fruity jewels, plus a few of Victoria Pendleton’s favourite thingsInteriorsAmelia Thorpe admires the makeover of a guest bedroom at a Scottish country house and picks the best bedside tables(Image credit: Future)Plum adviceCharles Quest-Ritson shares his favourite forms of plum, gage, mirabelle and damson from the 20-plus varieties he has grownSlightly foxedSecond-hand bookshops can be a goldmine of gardening wisdom, says John HoylandScale modelDavid Profumo is transported back to childhood by the spiny, swashbuckling sticklebackTravelMark Hedges takes a break from reality on Bryher, a heather-clad haven in the Isles of ScillyArts & antiquesArt dealer John Martin tells Carla Passino why he can never part with a panel he stumbled upon by Nigerian sculptor Asiru Olatunde