Longevity ParkChina is ageing. Its shrinking households, overworked and overstretched, struggle to carry the burden of care for their elderly. Retired Beijing judge Uncle Xiao is one among millions of old timers who face a hopeless choice: accept a lonely decline, or chase dubious miracle cures. Then into his life steps Miss Zhong, a young rural nurse with her own share of problems. The two have little in common, but as time delivers tragedies they learn that

Perhaps you’ll want to annoy your family by reading them out

Senior Lecturer in Educational Studies

And this is a compliment

half prose

but grown oh – so old

Asian London

provocative

lives collide as Bardsey twirls once more for the cameras

gently drawing attention to large

he would be an elegant high stool that felt uncomfortable and stylish at the same time

The ancient Garw hilltops above the valley

has not yet clambered on his cart