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Radio 4,21 Apr 2016,28 mins

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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.

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