A desire to open a Turkish hamam in her home city of Manhattan took Alexia Brue on a pilgrimage from Istanbul to St Petersburg - all in search of the perfect bath.
Alexia Brue joins Jenni to tell her about the traditions she encountered, and the sisterhood of bathing. 'Cathedrals of the Flesh: My Search for the Perfect Bath' by Alexia Brue, published by Bloomsbury; ISBN: 1582341168