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BBC Radio 4 - Borders, An Odyssey, The Journey

How much do we need home? Frances Stonor Saunders examines the journeys we take.

Is home just a story we tell ourselves? Frances Stonor Saunders follows Homer's Odysseus as he struggles to get home and asks how much home we really need. Readings by Sam West.

Is home just a story we tell ourselves? This three-part series continues with Frances Stonor Saunders following Homer's Odysseus, the mythical avatar of all our journeys, as he struggles to get home and asks how much home we really need. With Judith Kerr, Helen Sharman, Misha Glenny, Neal Ascherson, David Willetts, Edith Hall. Readings by Sam West.

Producer: Fiona Leach
Researcher: Ruth Edwards.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Frances Stonor Saunders, with Homer's Odyssey as her guide, explores our bordered lives.

Frances Stonor Saunders, with Homer's The Odyssey as her guide, explores the twists and turns of our bordered lives and our bordered world.

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