A quiet 1990s London bedtime drama for a long autumn night. In October 1993, the rain over Spitalfields has not stopped since the last week of September. James Reed, a fifty-six-year-old leatherworker on a side street off Brick Lane, has begun, very quietly, to close his workshop door for good. Then a young woman in a soaked transparent poncho knocks at nine forty-seven in the evening, holding a folder he has not asked for. Settle in, dim the lamps, and let this story keep you company.

Featured voices: James Reed, Ella Whitfield, Edmund Hollister, Mrs Patel, Daniel Reed, and Walter Reed in memory. London 1993, with a soft Suffolk flashback to 1949.

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Made with AI assistance for narration, music, and sound design.