A Night in Limehouse by Elaine Chiew

Available for 22 days

Dr Wu Lien Teh would one day be credited with bringing the Manchurian Plague of 1910-11 under control. But in 1896 he was a young student, new in London. Elaine Chiew’s story imagines his first days in London after sailing from Penang. Read by Chike Chan and Elaine Chiew. Producer: Jeremy Osborne A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2024. **** Originally from Malaysia, the writer Elaine Chiew is a twice winner of the Bridport Short Story Competition. She is the author of the short story collection The Heartsick Diaspora. Her novel, The Light Between Us, was published in 2024.