Tales From The Low Countries [Afternoon Reading]

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01My Father's Photo Album2009110320110605 (R4)When the Dutch-Moroccan character at the centre of Abdelkader Benali's short story learns that his mother is ill, he's compelled to make a long-overdue visit to his parents' house in Rotterdam. The visit proves to be the start of a journey through his childhood, family history and sense of himself.

Read by Khalid Abdalla

Translated by David McKay

Abridged and produced by Emma Harding.

By Abdelkader Benali. A Dutch-Moroccan man makes a long-overdue visit to his ill mother.

When the Dutch-Moroccan character at the centre of Abdelkader Benali's short story learns that his mother is ill, he's compelled to make a long-overdue visit to his parents' house in Rotterdam. The visit proves to be the start of a journey through his childhood, family history and sense of himself.

Read by Khalid Abdalla

Translated by David McKay

Abridged and produced by Emma Harding.

By Abdelkader Benali. A Dutch-Moroccan man makes a long-overdue visit to his ill mother.

02The Fortress At Bruges2009110420110612 (R4)Set in the not-so-distant future in 'what remains of Belgium'. Following the floods of global warming, most of the Low Countries are now under the sea, but the medieval city of Bruges has survived due to a feat of engineering called 'The Fortress'. The solidarity of two old friends - a Walloon historian and a Fleming engineer - is tested by the arrival on the scene of Jean's new girlfriend, Magdalena. Read by Stephen Campbell Moore

Produced by Emma Harding.

By Gregory Norminton. After global warming floods, the city of Bruges has survived.

Set in the not-so-distant future in 'what remains of Belgium'. Following the floods of global warming, most of the Low Countries are now under the sea, but the medieval city of Bruges has survived due to a feat of engineering called 'The Fortress'. The solidarity of two old friends - a Walloon historian and a Fleming engineer - is tested by the arrival on the scene of Jean's new girlfriend, Magdalena. Read by Stephen Campbell Moore

Produced by Emma Harding.

By Gregory Norminton. After global warming floods, the city of Bruges has survived.

03In Landlocked Frontiers2009110520110619 (R4)By Georges Hausemer. A story about a childhood lived alongside the Luxembourgeois railway.