Stevenage by Gary Younge 1/2
Despite only six weeks spent there aged four, Gary always said home was Barbados - not Stevenage. Read by David Harewood.
Gary Younge was brought up in Stevenage, a place which even his fellow residents were hard pushed to locate on a map.
It was an engineered community but one in which he and his brothers and their single parent mum participated in whole-heartedly.
Nonetheless despite having only spent six weeks there as a four year old, whenever he was asked where he was from, 'home' was Barbados.
Four writers create a personal portrait, exploring their sense of identity and what it feels like to be at home in Britain.
This selection of original non-fiction is taken from Granta magazine's volume 'Britain'.
Read by David Harewood.
Abridged and produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
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