The writer Linda Cracknell explores the enduring appeal of quartz's luminosity. Read more
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Cornerstones
Quartz: King of pebbles
The writer Linda Cracknell explores the enduring appeal of quartz's luminosity.
Quartz
Linda Cracknell reflects on the appeal of the quartz on Ben Lawers, her local Munro.
Millstone
Poet Helen Mort reflects on the Peak District's Stanage Edge, famed for its millstone grit
Coal Mines
Writer Paul Evans traces a family line back through Shropshire's seams of coal.
Fire Rocks
Novelist Sarah Moss discusses basalt and dolerite, the fire rocks that underpin castles.
Chalk
Alyson Hallett on being drawn to chalk landscapes and the large horse at Westbury in Wilts
