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An Affliction by Lottie Mills

A specially commissioned short story by the award-winning Lottie Mills. In this fantastical tale, a strange illness takes hold of those living at the Saint Francis Invalid Colony.

A specially commissioned short story for BBC Radio 4 by the award-winning Lottie Mills. In this fantastical tale, a strange illness takes hold of those living at the Saint Francis Invalid Colony...

Lottie Mills won the BBC Young Writers Award in 2020, and her debut collection, Monstrum is published in 2024. In her stories, Lottie delights in the uncanny, the unusual and the unique power of outsiders.

Reader: Hayley Atwell
The producer is Di Speirs
The director is Justine Willett

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14 minutes

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Sun 19 May 202423:45
BBC Radio 4

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  • Fri 17 May 202415:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 19 May 202423:45
    BBC Radio 4