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The Essay A Body of Essays: Series 2 Episodes

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  1. Thomas Lynch - Whence and Whither: Some Thoughts on Uteri, on Wombs

    5/5 Michigan-based undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch reflects on the uterus.

  2. Annie Freud - The Kidneys

    4/5 Poet and artist Annie Freud discusses the kidneys, the body's most hard-working organs.

  3. A Body of Essays: Philip Kerr - Breaking Brain

    3/5 Crime writer Philip Kerr explains how brain surgery has advanced over the years.

  4. A Body of Essays: Chibundu Onuzo - The Fire of Life: The Thyroid

    2/5 Author Chibundu Onuzo investigates the 'goldilocks' nature of the thyroid gland.

  5. William Fiennes - The Bowel

    1/5 Author William Fiennes, a sufferer of Crohn's disease, discusss the bowel.