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The Essay Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel Episodes

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  1. Novelist Kit de Waal reflects on the architecture of the prison where she worked.

    5/5 Novelist Kit de Waal reflects on the architecture of the prison where she once worked.

  2. Queensferry Crossing, Scotland

    4/5 Dr Gavin Francis on the largest balanced cantilever bridge ever to be built.

  3. Chesterfield's Crooked Spire, Derbyshire

    3/5 Poet Helen explains why Chesterfield's Crooked Spire Church has inspired her.

  4. Impington College, Cambridge

    2/5 Painter Humphrey Ocean introduces Impington College, built by architect Walter Gropius.

  5. 288a Main Road

    1/5 Novelist Mark Haddon reflects on the house in Northamptonshire that was his childhood home