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The Forum: Second Chances

Second Chances

28/09/2013

BBC Radio 4 - The Forum, Second Chances

How different are our second attempts at something compared to the first time?

When something goes wrong in your life and you start again, or when you return to a place after a long absence, what happens? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss.

Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the idea of re-visiting a place, reviving old friendships and learning to walk again. For over thirty years, photographer Nick Danziger has made a point of returning to his subjects in troubled places from Afghanistan to Bosnia. He explains what makes his second visit so different from the first one. Works by the Chinese-American author Gish Jen prompt the question: do whole countries, as well as individual people, deserve another bite of the cherry? And Californian inventor Van Phillips reveals the inspiration behind his revolutionary artificial leg design which has given a new lease of life to both himself and countless other amputees world-wide.

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