Also in 2005, Smith published "Martha and Hanwell". This book combines two short stories about two troubled characters. The stories had been published first in "Granta" and "The New Yorker". Penguin published "Martha and Hanwell" with a new introduction by the author as part of their pocket series to celebrate their 70th birthday. The first story, "Martha, Martha", is about Smith's familiar themes of race and postcolonial identity. "Hanwell in Hell" is about a man in trouble trying to understand the death of his wife. In December 2008 she guest-edited the BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme.