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Back up to: The Essay

1. Euphoria

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

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

   3/10 Poet M铆ch茅al McCann navigates the careful etiquette of a rural Northern Irish wake.
4. Searching with Shorelines

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

   1/10 Author 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.