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Naomi Alderman

The Essay Strange Beds
Episode 5 of 5

Five writers recall a night they spent somewhere out of the ordinary.

Naomi Alderman signs up for a trip to the Arctic, but has to spend a lot of time in her bunk bed. When she feels better and ventures across the ice, small but vital revelations are at hand ...

Producer Duncan Minshull.

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Fri 10 Feb 2017 22:45
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