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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · Aug 19

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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Unexpected Learning Journey @unexpectedlj.bsky.social · May 26

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.

Lorna's outstretched hand in the process of removing a copy of 'The Missing Thread' by Daisy Dunn from a dark wood bookcase. A variety of ancient-world-related books are visible on the shelves.

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Tiffany Jenkins @tiffanyjenkins.bsky.social · May 30

“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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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thanks Tiffany!

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Dr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · Jun 2

Great interview with @daisydunn.bsky.social about writing about women in antiquity

Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · Jun 1

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

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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thanks Selena!

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Olivia Campbell @oliviacampbell.bsky.social · Apr 19

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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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thank you!

Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Apr 11

#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...

The Missing Thread by Daisy Dunn | Waterstones

Buy The Missing Thread by Daisy Dunn from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Apr 11

Fantastic! Thank you.

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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Apr 8

This is so lovely - thank you!

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Chalke History Festival @chalkefestival.bsky.social · Mar 27

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!

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · Mar 27

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!

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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Mar 3

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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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jan 27

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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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jan 17

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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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jan 17

Thank you!

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · Jan 16

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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EI Talks... the case for Classics

Podcast Episode · Engelsberg Ideas Podcasts · 16/01/2025 · 43m

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Dr Mike Beer @mikebeer.bsky.social · Jan 16

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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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jan 16

'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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Jo Durrant @joannadurrant.bsky.social · Jan 14

📽️ 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...

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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jan 10

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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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jan 10

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-...

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Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jan 9

pleasure - we all need one

Daisy Dunn @daisydunn.bsky.social · Jan 9

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.

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