Free Thinking - Smell: Michele Roberts, A history of dentistry

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English - April 25, 2017 22:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MB - ★★★★ - 268 ratings
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Michèle Roberts' latest novel evokes Victorian London. Matthew Sweet asks how it smelt and what do museums do to create past smells. Plus a cultural history of dentistry with the medical historian Richard Barnett. The Walworth Beauty by Michèle Roberts is out now. The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry by Richard Barnett is out now. Producer: Fiona McLean.