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Radio 3,12 Oct 2016,15 mins

Series Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel

Chesterfield's Crooked Spire, Derbyshire

The Essay

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Poet Helen Mort can see Chesterfield's Crooked Spire Church - The Church of St Mary's and All Saints - from the window of her house. She explains why it has inspired her since childhood. This week's Essays are part of the 70th birthday celebrations of the Third Programme: the network discussed architecture from its earliest days, covering both new initiatives and historic buildings, most notably in talks by Nikolaus Pevsner. Producer Clare Walker.

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