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By Natalie Haynes. Penny helps at a care home to distract from her own life.

By Natalie Haynes. Penny helps at a care home to distract from her own life. A Midlands reimagining of The Odyssey, read by Lolita Chakrabarti.

SHORTS: New writing. New writers. 

The second of three Midlands Odysseys: short stories written by writers new to radio in response to The Odyssey - transplanting episodes from Homer's epic to contemporary West Midlands settings. 

Penny volunteers at a Birmingham care home for the elderly to distract herself from the disappointments of her own life. She helps one of the residents to wind wool for an unusual knitting project...

By Natalie Haynes. 

Producer: Mair Bosworth.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Short story series that transplants stories from Homer's Odyssey to a Midlands setting.

Short stories written in response to The Odyssey, transplanting episodes from Homer's epic to contemporary Midlands settings.

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