Daisy Dunn

The author who made a living measuring the legs of lice

Plus: the National Archives unearths some heart-breaking love letters

Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion (aka Bruce Cummings), author of two hilarious diaries. Photograph: Public Domain 
issue 16 May 2020
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