Dr S
harad Paul, skin cancer surgeon and novelist explores the history of the human skin, the changes it undertook every time the future of the species was at stake and the genetic chains that bind races and species together. Is red hair really going extinct? And are people with fairer skin considered superior in many cultures? The answers to these questions and more are in this illuminating discussion based on his book, Skin, a Biography. In conversation with novelist Aifric Campbell
Aifric Campbell
Aifric Campbell is an Irish writer based in the UK. Her new book THE LOVE MAKERS explores the future of human love. Previous novels include ON THE FLOOR, long listed for the Orange Prize 2012; THE LOSS ADJUSTOR and THE SEMANTICS OF MURDER. Short stories in THE BOOK OF MEN and NEW IRISH SHORT STORIES. Aifric has written for the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Irish Times and more. A former managing director at Morgan Stanley, she holds a PhD in Critical & Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and teaches at Imperial College London.
