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Sarah Bakewell with Isy Suttie

The Penguin Podcast

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The Humanists: A Novel Review

I love the bit where you talk about Salius and the colleague having a row over the top of a body that they're dissecting. There's such a playful seam running through the book, which I really love, because it brings it all to life. And history, as soon as you start reading in any of these fields, these conflicts between people just throw themselves up in your face. You know, you don't have to hunt very far to find them.

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