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Podcast: Arts & Ideas
Episode: Sneezing, smells and noses
Description: The profound effects of losing our sense of smell, why historians should think more about the smells of the past and some thoughts on sneezing from Montaigne and La Condamine. Rana Mitter is joined by philosopher and wine-taster Barry Smith, Chrissi Kelly who founded the charity AbScent following her own experience of anosmia (the loss of smell), sensory historian William Tullett and New Generation Thinker Gemma Tidman.William Tullett's book Smell and the Past: Noses, Archives, Narratives is out now.Producer: Torquil MacLeodYou can find previous Free Thinking discussions about other body...