麻豆社

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鈥檚 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 麻豆社 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.