Filming of Britain's Secret Treasures at the British Museum, 2013
Born
May 1967 (age 56–57)
Oxford, England
Education
Notting Hill and Ealing High School
Alma mater
St Hilda's College, Oxford
Occupation(s)
Broadcaster and writer
Known for
Television history; radio broadcasting; author
Spouse
Adrian Evans
Children
2
Parent(s)
Peter Hughes, Erica Hughes
Relatives
Simon Hughes (brother)
Hughes's voice
recorded 2012, as part of an audio description for VocalEyes
Website
bettanyhughes.co.uk
Bettany Mary HughesOBE FSA (born May 1967)[1][2] is an English historian, author, and broadcaster, specialising in classical history. Her published books cover classical antiquity and myth, and the history of Istanbul. She is active in efforts to encourage the teaching of the classics in UK state schools. Hughes was appointed OBE in 2019.
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Bettany Mary Hughes OBE FSA (born May 1967) is an English historian, author, and broadcaster, specialising in classical history. Her published books cover...
Life is a 2010 popular history book on the life of Socrates written by BettanyHughes and published by Jonathan Cape. "The Hemlock Cup". Penguin Random House...
Bettany (born 1971), English actor Thane Bettany (1929–2015), British actor and former dancer BettanyHughes (born 1967), English historian, broadcaster...
2012, Buerk has co-presented ITV's Britain's Secret Treasures with BettanyHughes, looking at fifty of the most remarkable archaeological finds made by...
A New History of the World was published. Writing in the Telegraph, BettanyHughes praised it as a "charismatic and essential book", while Anthony Sattin...
In Europe is a documentary film presented by the English historian BettanyHughes. It is a two-part series on the contribution the Moors made to Europe...
author writing in Arabic to have won the Man Booker International Prize. BettanyHughes said of Celestial Bodies that, "We felt we were getting access to ideas...
new city, the Mese (Μέση Οδός), which at that point formed a bend. (BettanyHughes, 2017) When Emperor Constantine I the Great rebuilt the city of Byzantium...
Other specialists who appeared from time to time include historian BettanyHughes, archaeologist Gustav Milne, East of England specialist Ben Robinson...
Invasion of Britain is a British documentary television series hosted by BettanyHughes. It was first aired in 2009 on the History Channel in the United Kingdom...
Egypt's Golden Empire (2001), and The Nile: Egypt's Great River with BettanyHughes (2019). Tyldesley has two children. She was appointed Officer of the...
Michael Hoare (Senior VP) Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury Dr BettanyHughes Lady Lea CBE Lady Nutting OBE Dr Rory O'Donnell FSA Jeremy O'Sullivan...
Cooper’ (4 October 2013) BBC Radio 4: "The Ideas that Make Us: Love" (BettanyHughes interview with Kate Cooper, Wednesday, 18 September 2013) BBC Radio...
from the Sky is a British television programme presented by historian BettanyHughes and archaeologist Ben Robinson that was shown by ITV and first aired...
currently presented by Ben Fogle and Liz Bonnin. Classical historian BettanyHughes formerly appeared on the programme, and was introduced as the "Countrywise...
Robinson co-presented the ITV series Secrets from the Sky with historian BettanyHughes. In 2015 Robinson co-presented the BBC One documentary The Last Journey...
of Classical Teachers) following in the footsteps of Boris Johnson, BettanyHughes and Paul Cartledge. The Thieves of Ostia (2001) The Secrets of Vesuvius...
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