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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...
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  • parents of cricketer and journalist Simon Hughes (born 1959) and historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes (born 1967). He retired in 1999 and died in...
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  • Life is a 2010 popular history book on the life of Socrates written by Bettany Hughes and published by Jonathan Cape. "The Hemlock Cup". Penguin Random House...
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  • Amongst the Medici is a radio documentary series by historian Bettany Hughes. The series aired in three parts on BBC Radio 4 between February–March 2006...
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  • Bettany (born 1971), English actor Thane Bettany (1929–2015), British actor and former dancer Bettany Hughes (born 1967), English historian, broadcaster...
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    2012, Buerk has co-presented ITV's Britain's Secret Treasures with Bettany Hughes, looking at fifty of the most remarkable archaeological finds made by...
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  • introductions as "Bettany Hughes' Ancient World". "Bettany Hughes Television Series". Retrieved 25 October 2020. "The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes - Episode...
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    fascinating people, including prominent historians such as British historian Bettany Hughes, actors such as Adrian Grenier, politicians such as Ehud Olmert, John...
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    author writing in Arabic to have won the Man Booker International Prize. Bettany Hughes said of Celestial Bodies that, "We felt we were getting access to ideas...
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    British presenter Bettany Hughes (right) and curator Ralph Jackson (left) converse during the shooting of ITV's program Britain's Secret Treasures....
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  • football player Beryl Hughes (1931–2017), Welsh chess master and writer Bettany Hughes (born 1968), English historian Beverley Hughes (born 1950), British...
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    A New History of the World was published. Writing in the Telegraph, Bettany Hughes praised it as a "charismatic and essential book", while Anthony Sattin...
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  • Spartans is a three-part historical documentary series presented by Bettany Hughes and first broadcast on UK's Channel 4 on 17 November 2002. The series...
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  • Hughes, and the brother of the classical historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes. At Latymer Upper School he was an outstanding fast medium bowler of...
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  • In Europe is a documentary film presented by the English historian Bettany Hughes. It is a two-part series on the contribution the Moors made to Europe...
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    Other specialists who appeared from time to time include historian Bettany Hughes, archaeologist Gustav Milne, East of England specialist Ben Robinson...
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    (2012), Sky News and documentaries including Divine Women, presented by Bettany Hughes. A former columnist at the New Statesman, François's writing has featured...
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  • The historian Bettany Hughes credited Renault with capturing the "hardcore, drug-saturated sensuality of the ancient world." Hughes later wrote the...
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    Treasures is a British documentary shown on ITV hosted by Michael Buerk and Bettany Hughes. The programme features fifty archaeological discoveries that have been...
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  • Invasion of Britain is a British documentary television series hosted by Bettany Hughes. It was first aired in 2009 on the History Channel in the United Kingdom...
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  • from the Sky is a British television programme presented by historian Bettany Hughes and archaeologist Ben Robinson that was shown by ITV and first aired...
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    Roman Empire: The Fall of the Roman Empire in the East Discussion of mosaics by Janina Ramirez and Bettany Hughes: Art Detective Podcast, 21 December 2016...
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    new city, the Mese (Μέση Οδός), which at that point formed a bend. (Bettany Hughes, 2017) When Emperor Constantine I the Great rebuilt the city of Byzantium...
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    Rosalind Hill, historian Meg Hillier, politician Victoria Hislop, writer Bettany Hughes, historian Ruth Hunt, CEO of Stonewall Helen Jackson, politician Jenny...
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    of Classical Teachers) following in the footsteps of Boris Johnson, Bettany Hughes and Paul Cartledge. The Thieves of Ostia (2001) The Secrets of Vesuvius...
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    Cooper’ (4 October 2013) BBC Radio 4: "The Ideas that Make Us: Love" (Bettany Hughes interview with Kate Cooper, Wednesday, 18 September 2013) BBC Radio...
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    Egypt's Golden Empire (2001), and The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes (2019). Tyldesley has two children. She was appointed Officer of the...
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  • "The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes – review". The Observer. London. Retrieved May 29, 2016. Hampton, Rachelle...
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    on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015. The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes – When the Moors Ruled in Europe, 2005, Channel Four. "Alonso Pérez...
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  • currently presented by Ben Fogle and Liz Bonnin. Classical historian Bettany Hughes formerly appeared on the programme, and was introduced as the "Countrywise...
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