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Some time last century, when I first came to Sheffield for my interview at the University, I passed this giant stainless steel spider climbing the wall somewhere in Attercliffe. For years I never saw it again, often thinking I must have imagined it, until one day I decided to take a different road and there it was once more. Now I take that road all the time and see it often. It turns out to be on the side of the headquarters of a hugely successful Sheffield company called Gripple, a specialist metal joint maker. Funnily enough, whilst Her Maj was being badly sung to by children in the cathedral last week, to preserve his sanity, her hubby was visiting the high-tech Gripple factory instead. And in a neat twist, Jack B has an interview there soon for his summer placement from the Uni.

Oh and if you're not afraid of spiders, check out this YouTube clip of the Gripple spider escaping