It was a privilege to write a feature for The London Magazine, a publication I have loved for many years!
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Scoliosis Article
I wrote a feature on Scoliosis for the Spectator Health pages.
Saturday 24th June is Scoliosis Awareness Day UK. For some scoliosis sufferers, this is a pretty accurate description of most days. In fact, it’s often hard to think about anything else.
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I wrote an article for the Spectator Life on Literature and Gardens in light of the Chelsea Flower Show.
Literature is full of gardens. At the gates of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, the narrator, in her dream, sees unruly, angst-ridden plants and shrubs growing out of control over the long winding drive to Manderley. The love between Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester blossoms in the gardens of Charlotte Bronte’s novel. Sarah Waters uses the garden to plot trickery in Fingersmith.
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I wrote a feature on the funny trend of adapting Greek culture to fashion for ARGO Magazine.
ARGO Feature
I wrote a quick feature on ‘A Taste of Greece’ for ARGO Magazine.
Cheltenham Literary Festival
I went to Cheltenham Literary Festival to see Daisy give a talk on her books!
Oxford Literary Festival
A few weeks ago I went to Oxford for the day to see the Oxford Literary Festival in full swing.
We also went to see my sister Daisy’s talk on her books ‘Catullus’ Bedspread’ and ‘The Poems of Catullus’ (published by Harper Collins).
Bath Literary Festival
I spent our special leap year day in the glorious city of Bath – to visit the literary festival, and to see sister Daisy’s talk on her books ‘Catullus’ Bedspread’.
Daisy Dunn’s Book Launch – Catullus’ Bedspread
There was an excitable buzz last night at the launch of Daisy Dunn’s debut books: Catullus’ Bedspread: The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet and The Poems of Catullus, at Peter Harrington Rare Books in Dover Street, Mayfair.
Among the 200+ guests pounding the shop’s floor were Ian and Victoria Hislop, Sir Simon Jenkins, Hannah Kaye, Mike Grady, Hugo Williams, Giles Milton, Suzannah Lipscomb, Michael Cockerell, Gordon Corera, Thane Prince…
All gathered around beautiful first edition copies of books like Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne, Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote, Diamonds are Forever by Ian Fleming, A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield…
Catullus’ Bedspread tells the story of Rome’s first great love poet. It’s a little bit saucy and steamy… and the collection of poems contains Daisy’s beautiful translations of Catullus’ work.
The books are released on the 28th January, published by HarperCollins.
Grazia Local Blog Series
I contributed to Grazia Magazine’s series which highlighted local news and events for Surrey from my blog surreyedit.com.
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