A Night in Limehouse by Elaine Chiew
4 Extra Debut. Wu Lien Teh will one day bring the Manchurian Plague of 1910-11 under control. But in 1896 he was a student, fresh in London.
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.
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