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Greetings and welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly: The Short Story Podcast where great authors and actors meet! This is Cedering Fox, WORDTheatre’s Founder & Artistic Director.

Our next live event will take place in London. Seasons of Yearning featuring Best British Short Stories, Selections from 2011-2025 will take place on September 20th and we’re stirring up excitement by bringing you another favorite story from a past Best British Short Stories event.

It's called “Treats,” penned by Lara Williams, and it was performed by Lesley Nicol, who portrayed our beloved Mrs Patmore in Downton Abbey..

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And now, here is “Treats” by Lara Williams.

NICOL PERFORMS THE STORY.

Again, you just heard “Treats,” written by Lara Williams, performed by Lesley Nicol.

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