Daisy Dunn
@daisydunn.bsky.social
Author and Classicist. Catullus' Bedspread; In the Shadow of Vesuvius; Homer; Of Gods and Men; Not Far From Brideshead; and most recently The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World
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Today, 9am BST on BBC Radio 4! The brilliant Roman love poet Catullus is the poster boy for teen angst. He feels everything intensely, from the stealing of his favourite napkin to the death of his lover's pet sparrow… My guests are his biographer, Dr @daisydunn.bsky.social, and Prof Llewelyn Morgan!
August 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Today, 9am BST on BBC Radio 4! The brilliant Roman love poet Catullus is the poster boy for teen angst. He feels everything intensely, from the stealing of his favourite napkin to the death of his lover's pet sparrow… My guests are his biographer, Dr @daisydunn.bsky.social, and Prof Llewelyn Morgan!
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1/7 Spanning three thousand years, from the first stirrings of Minoan Crete to the fall of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, #TheMissingThread by @daisydunn.bsky.social is a fantastic guide to ancient (especially Greco-Roman) history through an incredible cast of women who inhabited and often shaped it.
May 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
1/7 Spanning three thousand years, from the first stirrings of Minoan Crete to the fall of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, #TheMissingThread by @daisydunn.bsky.social is a fantastic guide to ancient (especially Greco-Roman) history through an incredible cast of women who inhabited and often shaped it.
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“We can trust these male writers” Thoughtful and serious discussion bwt @mathewlyons.bsky.social & @daisydunn.bsky.social on the challenges of ancient history - balancing contemporary questions about women's roles with understanding the past as a foreign place. open.substack.com/pub/mathewly...
Interview: Daisy Dunn
Recovering the forgotten histories of women in the Ancient World
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May 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“We can trust these male writers” Thoughtful and serious discussion bwt @mathewlyons.bsky.social & @daisydunn.bsky.social on the challenges of ancient history - balancing contemporary questions about women's roles with understanding the past as a foreign place. open.substack.com/pub/mathewly...
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Great interview with @daisydunn.bsky.social about writing about women in antiquity
I think this is the best interview I’ve done so far. @daisydunn.bsky.social had so many thoughtful & illuminating things to say about how women have been erased from history, the challenges of restoring them to life, and writing histories of the ancient world mathewlyons.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Daisy Dunn
Recovering the forgotten histories of women in the Ancient World
mathewlyons.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Great interview with @daisydunn.bsky.social about writing about women in antiquity
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Thanks to @peoplemag.bsky.social for inviting me to write about my fave women's history books and include my own. Featuring @marthasjones.bsky.social @thefrankiedlc.news @melissasevigny.bsky.social @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social @daisydunn.bsky.social
10 Nonfiction Women's History Books for When You Need Some Real-Life Inspiration
If you loved "Hidden Figures" and "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," check out these other great books on women doing amazing things throughout history.
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April 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thanks to @peoplemag.bsky.social for inviting me to write about my fave women's history books and include my own. Featuring @marthasjones.bsky.social @thefrankiedlc.news @melissasevigny.bsky.social @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social @daisydunn.bsky.social
#TheMissingThread is out in UK paperback in 6 weeks with a regal new cover! A new history of the ancient world foregrounded by women: 3,000 years, 500 pages, £12.99. I'd be so grateful if you'd consider pre-ordering a copy from anywhere you like waterstones.com/book/the-mis...
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April 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#TheMissingThread is out in UK paperback in 6 weeks with a regal new cover! A new history of the ancient world foregrounded by women: 3,000 years, 500 pages, £12.99. I'd be so grateful if you'd consider pre-ordering a copy from anywhere you like waterstones.com/book/the-mis...
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Brilliant Alice Loxton asking James May, @thehistoryguy.bsky.social, @daisydunn.bsky.social
@tomowolade.bsky.social & Ash Bhardwaj for their tips for 18-year-olds at the Festival last year 👇
We’re thrilled to have @historyalice.bsky.social back this year to discuss her book Eighteen - & much more!
@tomowolade.bsky.social & Ash Bhardwaj for their tips for 18-year-olds at the Festival last year 👇
We’re thrilled to have @historyalice.bsky.social back this year to discuss her book Eighteen - & much more!
March 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Brilliant Alice Loxton asking James May, @thehistoryguy.bsky.social, @daisydunn.bsky.social
@tomowolade.bsky.social & Ash Bhardwaj for their tips for 18-year-olds at the Festival last year 👇
We’re thrilled to have @historyalice.bsky.social back this year to discuss her book Eighteen - & much more!
@tomowolade.bsky.social & Ash Bhardwaj for their tips for 18-year-olds at the Festival last year 👇
We’re thrilled to have @historyalice.bsky.social back this year to discuss her book Eighteen - & much more!
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Look how happy I was to see you! Thanks for continuing to be the best audience in radio last night. Extra thanks to my amazing guests, @daisydunn.bsky.social & @llewelynmorgan.bsky.social, brilliant Beth the producer, & the Broadcasting House team ✨🏛️ These will be hitting the airwaves this summer!
March 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Look how happy I was to see you! Thanks for continuing to be the best audience in radio last night. Extra thanks to my amazing guests, @daisydunn.bsky.social & @llewelynmorgan.bsky.social, brilliant Beth the producer, & the Broadcasting House team ✨🏛️ These will be hitting the airwaves this summer!
For years arguments have been made for dating the eruption of #Vesuvius in AD 79 to some time in autumn. Now, the pendulum is swinging back towards the 'official' date of 24 August. I'm happy to weigh in with some scepticism over this revision www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/s...
Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?
Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction of Pompeii began. Two new studies only fan the fire.
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March 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
For years arguments have been made for dating the eruption of #Vesuvius in AD 79 to some time in autumn. Now, the pendulum is swinging back towards the 'official' date of 24 August. I'm happy to weigh in with some scepticism over this revision www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/s...
Fascinating new study of teeth from the Roman Empire suggests that babies living in cities were breastfed until they were about 2 years old, whereas rural babies were typically weaned later, up to the age of 5 www.science.org/content/arti...
Ancient Roman breastfeeding guidelines were followed closely in the cities—but not the hinterlands
Tooth chemistry shines a light on weaning practices across urban and rural communities in the Roman Empire
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January 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Fascinating new study of teeth from the Roman Empire suggests that babies living in cities were breastfed until they were about 2 years old, whereas rural babies were typically weaned later, up to the age of 5 www.science.org/content/arti...
Thrilling discovery of a #Pompeii bathhouse! I'm also enthusiastic about the earrings which are of a style called 'crotalia'. They were v fashionable in the 1st century and made little rattling noises as the pearls swung together. Moralist Pliny hated them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Thrilling discovery of a #Pompeii bathhouse! I'm also enthusiastic about the earrings which are of a style called 'crotalia'. They were v fashionable in the 1st century and made little rattling noises as the pearls swung together. Moralist Pliny hated them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Is the study of Latin in peril? And what does the future hold for the ancient inheritance?
🗣️ @alastairbenn.bsky.social is joined by @daisydunn.bsky.social, @armanddangour.bsky.social, and @paullay.bsky.social to discuss the value of ancient languages.
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🗣️ @alastairbenn.bsky.social is joined by @daisydunn.bsky.social, @armanddangour.bsky.social, and @paullay.bsky.social to discuss the value of ancient languages.
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EI Talks... the case for Classics
Podcast Episode · Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts · 16/01/2025 · 43m
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January 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Is the study of Latin in peril? And what does the future hold for the ancient inheritance?
🗣️ @alastairbenn.bsky.social is joined by @daisydunn.bsky.social, @armanddangour.bsky.social, and @paullay.bsky.social to discuss the value of ancient languages.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
🗣️ @alastairbenn.bsky.social is joined by @daisydunn.bsky.social, @armanddangour.bsky.social, and @paullay.bsky.social to discuss the value of ancient languages.
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Archaeologists uncover Roman ‘service station’ during roadworks in Gloucester www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Archaeologists uncover Roman ‘service station’ during roadworks in Gloucester
The mutatio, on Ermin Street linking Silchester and Gloucester, would have provided a place for travellers to rest or change horses
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January 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Archaeologists uncover Roman ‘service station’ during roadworks in Gloucester www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
'Husbands moved to join their wives’ communities upon marriage, with land potentially passed down through the female line' - fascinating new research into ancient genetics pointing to the prominence of women (at least) in Celtic Britain www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Women held the power in Celtic Britain, archaeologists suggest
Groundbreaking study indicates that land in the Iron Age was passed through the female line in a society that astonished the invading Romans
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January 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
'Husbands moved to join their wives’ communities upon marriage, with land potentially passed down through the female line' - fascinating new research into ancient genetics pointing to the prominence of women (at least) in Celtic Britain www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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📽️ I’m part of the Gloucester History Festival Winter Warmer Digital Festival! Enjoy my conversations with:
@susiedent.com @rentravailer.bsky.social
@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
@corinnefowler.bsky.social
@daisydunn.bsky.social
+ many more!
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/winter-warme...
@susiedent.com @rentravailer.bsky.social
@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
@corinnefowler.bsky.social
@daisydunn.bsky.social
+ many more!
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/winter-warme...
January 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📽️ I’m part of the Gloucester History Festival Winter Warmer Digital Festival! Enjoy my conversations with:
@susiedent.com @rentravailer.bsky.social
@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
@corinnefowler.bsky.social
@daisydunn.bsky.social
+ many more!
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/winter-warme...
@susiedent.com @rentravailer.bsky.social
@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
@corinnefowler.bsky.social
@daisydunn.bsky.social
+ many more!
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/winter-warme...
I met #NoreenRiols, who has died aged 98, in 2011 after going to hear her talk about her work in the SOE (for which my late grandfather was also an agent). I was completely captivated by her and her eloquence. Fascinating obituary of her here: t.co/0NeKbPCQSw
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/noreen-riols-kjr38w3jc
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January 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I met #NoreenRiols, who has died aged 98, in 2011 after going to hear her talk about her work in the SOE (for which my late grandfather was also an agent). I was completely captivated by her and her eloquence. Fascinating obituary of her here: t.co/0NeKbPCQSw
What better to listen to in the morning than the latest research into the social competence of pigs? My paean to #FarmingToday in this week's Spectator plus Simon Armitage on the poetry of slugs with penis-like antennae on BBC Radio 4 www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
January 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What better to listen to in the morning than the latest research into the social competence of pigs? My paean to #FarmingToday in this week's Spectator plus Simon Armitage on the poetry of slugs with penis-like antennae on BBC Radio 4 www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
Finally made it to #VanGogh #Poetsandlovers at
the National Gallery (tickets are gold dust but obtainable like the Golden Fleece) and while I can't choose a favourite painting, I did admire these olive trees on a sunny January day. I suppose as a classicist I would.
the National Gallery (tickets are gold dust but obtainable like the Golden Fleece) and while I can't choose a favourite painting, I did admire these olive trees on a sunny January day. I suppose as a classicist I would.
January 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Finally made it to #VanGogh #Poetsandlovers at
the National Gallery (tickets are gold dust but obtainable like the Golden Fleece) and while I can't choose a favourite painting, I did admire these olive trees on a sunny January day. I suppose as a classicist I would.
the National Gallery (tickets are gold dust but obtainable like the Golden Fleece) and while I can't choose a favourite painting, I did admire these olive trees on a sunny January day. I suppose as a classicist I would.
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My well-thumbed lexicon has saved my ass on many occasion. How can I not be excited to read this?
‘I am improving immensely in water transactions...& at cricket dare look at the ball without shutting mine eyes' – Henry Liddell, co-compiler of the Greek-English lexicon, was no sportsman, but boy did he live an interesting life. My review for
@thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
@thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
Alice's Father by John Witheridge | Book review | The TLS
To classicists, Henry Liddell’s name is synonymous with the Greek-English lexicon he compiled with Robert Scott, his colleague at Oxford. Between 1834 and
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December 19, 2024 at 1:32 PM
My well-thumbed lexicon has saved my ass on many occasion. How can I not be excited to read this?
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Our December book club read is The Missing Thread by @daisydunn.bsky.social & we meet on Sunday 29th December at 7pm (GMT).
For the Zoom link, join the mailing list here: subscribepage.com/classicsacademy
The programme for January-April is here: helenmcveigh.co.uk/book-club
#Ancientbluesky
For the Zoom link, join the mailing list here: subscribepage.com/classicsacademy
The programme for January-April is here: helenmcveigh.co.uk/book-club
#Ancientbluesky
December 18, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Our December book club read is The Missing Thread by @daisydunn.bsky.social & we meet on Sunday 29th December at 7pm (GMT).
For the Zoom link, join the mailing list here: subscribepage.com/classicsacademy
The programme for January-April is here: helenmcveigh.co.uk/book-club
#Ancientbluesky
For the Zoom link, join the mailing list here: subscribepage.com/classicsacademy
The programme for January-April is here: helenmcveigh.co.uk/book-club
#Ancientbluesky
‘I am improving immensely in water transactions...& at cricket dare look at the ball without shutting mine eyes' – Henry Liddell, co-compiler of the Greek-English lexicon, was no sportsman, but boy did he live an interesting life. My review for
@thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
@thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
Alice's Father by John Witheridge | Book review | The TLS
To classicists, Henry Liddell’s name is synonymous with the Greek-English lexicon he compiled with Robert Scott, his colleague at Oxford. Between 1834 and
www.the-tls.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
‘I am improving immensely in water transactions...& at cricket dare look at the ball without shutting mine eyes' – Henry Liddell, co-compiler of the Greek-English lexicon, was no sportsman, but boy did he live an interesting life. My review for
@thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
@thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
Io, #Saturnalia! I'm off to indulge in some delicious feasting and a spot of festive gambling. Have a lovely Roman holiday everyone
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Io, #Saturnalia! I'm off to indulge in some delicious feasting and a spot of festive gambling. Have a lovely Roman holiday everyone
Very nice to find #TheMissingThread in this ace selection of books of the year in @the-independent.com !
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The 20 best books of the year, ranked
Our chief books critic Martin Chilton chooses his very best reads of the year, from state-of-the-nation novels to surprising memoirs
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December 14, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Very nice to find #TheMissingThread in this ace selection of books of the year in @the-independent.com !
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
The questions you google about #Pompeii answered for
@history-hit.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFA...
@history-hit.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFA...
Historian Answers Google's Most Popular Questions About Pompeii
YouTube video by History Hit
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December 11, 2024 at 12:51 PM
The questions you google about #Pompeii answered for
@history-hit.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFA...
@history-hit.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFA...
'Certain publishers and booksellers...have shoals of telegrams from women before Christmas for new medical books to be sent to their doctors — for lack of any other ideas on the subject' - The Times, December 9, 1924 www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...
Gift books for Christmas
Om this day 100 years ago
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December 9, 2024 at 4:02 PM
'Certain publishers and booksellers...have shoals of telegrams from women before Christmas for new medical books to be sent to their doctors — for lack of any other ideas on the subject' - The Times, December 9, 1924 www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...