Going Home 

People come to live in Britain for many different reasons - work, love, adventure...necessity?

They disappear into life here, raising families and forging careers. Many hope that it won't be forever and they'll one day go back ‘home.’

My mum has been talking about ‘going home’ all my life - we laugh about it, but it has shaped and defined us.

She came to Glasgow in 1976 - planning to stay for a year to finish her midwifery degree. She spoke to me about what that longing to be somewhere else has done to her and her family.

As part of a two part series I also interviewed my Aunty Mercy who lived across the way in Glasgow. She satisfied her desperate desire to finally go home with her family, only to return to Scotland with a new perspective.

My mum’s piece managed to get a second airing on BBC Woman’s Hour when Hilary Clinton was late/didn’t show up for an interview. I think she broke her ankle. Well, in a panic - they decided to fill the empty air space with this story. Lots of people said they preferred hearing my mum than listening to Hilary.

BROADCAST: BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour

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