Joan Hunter Dunn beauty, he fell in love, and composed a 44-line poem fantasising about them being engaged and playing tennis together in Aldershot: The poem was published in Cyril Connolly's "Horizon" magazine in February 1941. Betjeman invited her to lunch, and presented her with a copy of the magazine containing the poem, begging her forgiveness. In an interview in "The Sunday Times" magazine in 1965, illustrated with photographs by Lord Snowdon, she said: "It was such a marvellous break from the monotony of the war. It really was remarkable the way he imagined it all. Actually, all that about the subaltern, and
Joan Field Joan Field Joan Field (April 28, 1915March 18, 1988) was an American violinist. Joan Field was born in Long Branch, New Jersey. She began violin studies at the age of 5. She was a pupil of Franz Kneisel, Albert Spalding and Michel Piastro in the United States and spent 4 years in Paris during her teens studying with Jacques Chailley, Jacques Thibaud and George Enescu at the École Normale de Musique. She made her debut in Town Hall in New York City in 1934. About that evening The New York Times wrote, "Miss Field's playing is that of a thoughtful,