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  1. Euphoria

    5/10Novelist Glenn Patterson on Belfast's hairdressers and clothes shops during the Troubles.

  2. Chalk on the Wall

    4/10Writer Claire Mitchell peels back the layers of her hometown to find a radical history.

  3. The Art of Staying

    3/10Poet Míchéal McCann navigates the careful etiquette of a rural Northern Irish wake.

  4. Searching with Shorelines

    2/10Poet Gail McConnell on the inspiration of the sea in Louis MacNeice's work and her own.

  5. Traybakes

    1/10Author Jan Carson on the women who kept her church supplied with tea and traybakes

  6. 5. Bernie McGill: Our Art

    During the Troubles, Bernie McGill was often told to be careful about what she said.

  7. 4. Darran Anderson: Map Making

    Darran Anderson draws an alternative map of Ulster for his young son.

  8. 3. Nick Laird: Animal Life

    Nick Laird wonders if his children are missing out on the rural upbringing he enjoyed.

  9. 2. Nandi Jola: Neither Here Nor There

    Nandi Jola finds some surprising connections between Africa and Northern Ireland.

  10. 1. Susannah Dickey: Two Pills

    Poet and novelist Susannah Dickey assumes a new identity at a local pharmacy.