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Do the borders we cross enhance our lives? Frances Stonor Saunders examines their impact.

Do borders enhance or diminish our lives? As Homer's Odysseus reaches home Frances Stonor Saunders asks how we prepare for death, the final border crossing. Readings by Sam West.

Do borders enhance or diminish our lives? In this final episode, as Homer's Odysseus reaches Ithaka at last, Frances Stonor Saunders examines the impact of the borders we cross and asks, how we prepare for death, the final border crossing. With Judith Kerr, Juliet Mitchell, Jonathan Meades, Edith Hall, Helen Sharman. Readings by Sam West.

Producer: Fiona Leach
Researcher: Ruth Edwards.

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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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