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1. Rame Head Chapel

   Author Natasha Carthew on Rame Head Chapel, near Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.
2. Trinity Theatre

   Writer Bridget Collins takes us backstage to Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells.
3. Malcolm's Place, Uig, Isle of Lewis

   Author James Rebanks, the Lake District shepherd, talks about Malcolm's place in Uig.
4. Rochdale Town Hall

   Novelist Beth Underdown on Rochdale Town Hall.
5. Glasgow School of Art

   Author Louise Welsh reflects on Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art.
6. Watershed

   Nikesh Shukla on Watershed in Bristol and how it helped him fall in love with the city.
7. Hafod Eryri

   Travel writer Phoebe Smith on Hafod Eryri and the chutzpah of building on mountains.
8. Chingle Hall

   Andrew Hurley on the haunting qualities of a 17th-century manor house near Preston.
9. Gladstone's Library

   Novelist Melissa Harrison on the joy of 'sleeping with books' at Gladstone's Library.
10. Wigmore Hall

    Pianist Stephen Hough on Wigmore Hall and how its 'shoebox' design catches the ear.