BBC Radio 4 - The Sleep Diaries

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In a series mixing science with art, myth and poetry, Paul Farley explores sleep

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5/5 Beds are the places we withdraw to, away from currents of society and community.

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The Crossing

1/5 Why do we sleep, and why do many of us find crossing the threshold of sleep so difficult?

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Wed 2 May 2012 21:45 BBC Radio 4

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