The Essay - A Letter to My Body
Series in which five thinkers, artists and writers ask themselves how they relate to their own bodies
The Essay - A Letter to My Body - Antony Gormley
Sculptor Antony Gormley, the creator of The Angel of the North, discusses his relationship to his own body and why it has featured so prominently in his art.
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The Essay - A Letter to My Body - Joan Bakewell
Broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell asks, in a very personal letter to her own body, how growing old has affected her sense of self.
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The Essay - A Letter to My Body - Sarah Graham
Therapist Sarah Graham on how a dramatic discovery about her own body set her on a path of addiction and depression that nearly killed her.
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The Essay - A Letter to My Body - Sheila Cassidy
In 1975 Dr Sheila Cassidy was tortured in Chile after she gave medical care to an opponent of the Pinochet regime - she reflects on how has this affected her life since.
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The Essay - A Letter to My Body - Ted Harrison
Writer and journalist Ted Harrison asks what body, soul and self really mean in the light of advances in our understanding of molecular biology.
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