Matthew Sweet talks to Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Claire Preston and Gavin Francis about the mind-adventures of doctors in time and space. Aldersey-Williams has written The Adventures of Thomas Browne in the 21st Century, while Claire Preston is editing Browne's complete works.
Browne was a man fascinated by everything from nature to religion, to the shock of the new. How does his story resonate now? Gavin Francis, 21st-century GP, has written Adventures in Human Being which records his own experiences mapping the human body via extensive travel, wide reading and varied medical experiences.

Presenter: Matthew Sweet
Guest: Hugh Aldersey-William 'The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century'
Guest: Gavin Francis 'Adventures in Human Being'
Guest: Claire Preston 'Sir Thomas Browne and the Writing of Early-Modern Science'; co-ed with Reid Barbour 'Sir Thomas Browne: The World Proposed'

Producer: Jacqueline Smith. Show less