The EssayA Body of Essays: Series 2Episodes Episode guide

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

   5/5Michigan-based undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch reflects on the uterus.
2. Annie Freud - The Kidneys

   4/5Poet and artist Annie Freud discusses the kidneys, the body's most hard-working organs.
3. A Body of Essays: Philip Kerr - Breaking Brain

   3/5Crime 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

   2/5Author Chibundu Onuzo investigates the 'goldilocks' nature of the thyroid gland.
5. William Fiennes - The Bowel

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