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Home Sweet Home

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In the final part of her series, Madeleine Bunting imagines the home of the future.

In the final part of her series, writer Madeleine Bunting imagines the home of the future. As cyberspace colonises more of our lives, are we in for a dystopian nightmare?

In the final episode of her series, the writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting asks what the home of the future may look like. As cyberspace colonises more of our living space, are we in for a dystopian nightmare – one where we have almost no reason to leave our homes because everything we need and care about is there at the touch of a button? Or can new ways of living together give the idea of a cosy and convivial home a new lease of life?

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Madeleine Bunting begins a new series examining the many dimensions of what we call home.

Writer Madeleine Bunting begins a new series examining the many dimensions of what we call home, from an Iron Age hut to the home button on our smartphones.

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