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3. Nick Laird: Animal Life—Another Northern Ireland
Nick Laird wonders if his children are missing out on the rural upbringing he enjoyed.
2. Nandi Jola: Neither Here Nor There—Another Northern Ireland
Nandi Jola finds some surprising connections between Africa and Northern Ireland.
1. Susannah Dickey: Two Pills—Another Northern Ireland
Poet and novelist Susannah Dickey assumes a new identity at a local pharmacy.
Roy McFarlane on Bilston—Black Country Secrets
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
R.M. Francis on Wren’s Nest, Dudley—Black Country Secrets
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
Brendan Hawthorne on Toll End Road, Tipton—Black Country Secrets
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
Emma Purshouse on St Bart’s Church, Wednesbury.—Black Country Secrets
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
Liz Berry on Gorge Road, Sedgley—Black Country Secrets
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
Geoff Dyer on DH Lawrence—Journeys to the Grave
Five more writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.
Brandon Taylor on Langston Hughes—Journeys to the Grave
Series 2. Five writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.
