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
Daisy Dunn 2016, Dunn compared Catullus to a 'Hoxton hipster'. Her translation of one of Catullus' expletive words resulted in a series of letters in "The Times Literary Supplement" and an article in "The Times". Dunn reviews books for "The Times," "Evening Standard," and "Literary Review""." Her work was once long-listed for the international Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize. In an article in "The Guardian" Simon Schama included Daisy Dunn in his list of leading female historians. Dunn is the author of the following books: "Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet" (HarperCollins, 2016) (UK Hardback) "Catullus' Bedspread: The Life