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Why Protecting Heritage and Human Life Go Hand in Hand
The National, March 2023 
What Camilla Did Next

​Evening Standard, 14th January 2019​

It's An Unequal World - History, Gender & Istanbul

​Northern Soul, 4th January 2018

Warrior Women

​British Museum, 7th December 2017

What 13,000 years of religious warfare can tell us about the Christchurch shooting

The I, 24th March 2019

The 'snowflake generation' may have cracked the work-life balance

The Telegraph, 20th October 2017

Tears Flow In My City Of Desire

The Times, 8 January 2017

Don't Fear The Reaper - 2016's Dead Celebrities Would Have Made Achilles Proud

Telegraph, 29 December 2016

None Of My Favourite Philosophers Were Killjoys - They Drank And Had Sex

RadioTimes, 4 August 2015

How Socrates Would Have Solved Greece's Problems

Independent, 2 August 2015

Europe's Leaders Must Learn From Socrates When Tackling The Greeks

Telegraph, 2 August 2015

The Mind-Shifters Reaching Us From 2,500 Years Ago

Sunday Times, 26 July 2015

10 Questions For Broadcaster Bettany Hughes

The Arts Desk, 26 July 2015

Prehistoric Justice

Howard League For Penal Reform

Would You Be Considered Beautiful In The Ancient World?

BBC Magazine, 10 January 2015

The Future Is Coming To Rescue The Past

The Telegraph, 17 October 2014

Why Do Buddhists Meditate?

BBC iWonder

The F-Word - How Important Is Forgiveness To Faith?

BBC iWonder, 6 September 2014

The Greek Myths That Could Be Box Office Hits

Telegraph, 22 July 2014

The Best Floor Show Ever: The Lod Mosaic

The Mail On Sunday, 22 June 2014

Love Or Lust?

Times, 20 June 2014

Kids In Museums: The Power Of The Muse

Telegraph, 4 April 2014

Super Women Of The Past

DNA India, 18 March 2014

Swords-and-Sandals Epics? This Classics Lover Is All For Them

Telegraph, 3 March 2014

Saddle Ridge Hoard And Five Other Lucky Discoveries

Mirror, 27 February 2014

Lover, Poet, Muse And A Ghost Made Real

Sunday Times, 2 February 2014

How Women's Wisdom Was Lost

The Guardian, 26 January 2014

Stranger Danger

Radio Times, January 2014

William Lloyd-Webber Gave My Family The Gift Of Music

Telegraph, 18 October 2013

Drink in Ancient Roman Towns

Telegraph, 28 September 2013

Women: 'Beautiful Evil Things' Who Shouldn't Be Seen or Heard?

Telegraph, 16 September 2013

The Greeks Had A Word For It...

Telegraph, 28 August 2013

It's The Amateurs Who Dig Deep For Buried Treasures

Telegraph, 28 March 2013

Britain’s Secret Homes Unearths Properties Around The Country...

Telegraph, 7 June 2013

The Past Is Our Future

Daily Telegraph, 30 March 2013

Sounds Of The Past

BBC History Magazine, February 2013

In My Case

Lonely Planet, 2013

If I Ruled The World

Reader's Digest, September 2013

A Road Trip Through British History

Telegraph, 30 May 2012

Books About Strong Women

Telegraph, 14 May 2012

The Wisdom Of Women Written Out Of History

Guardian, 10 April 2012

Socrates On Live

The School Of Life, 24 February 2012

Time Travel

Prospect Magazine, 14 December 2011

The History Woman

Radio TImes, 15 October 2011

Wisdom Rules, OK

Radio Times, 20 August 2001

Tyrants Will Always Exploit Ancient Treasures

Telegraph, 18 June 2011

Chipping Away The Buried Secrets Of The Lost City Of Atlantis

Telegraph, 7 May 2011

To Forgive Is Divine

Radio Times, 16 April 2011

Bettany Hughes: My Six Best Books

Scottish Sunday Express, 8 April 2011

Ten Of The Greatest British Women

The Mail Online, 5 January 2011

In collaboration with York Membery

Churches Are Packed With Memories Of Human Experience

National Churches Trust Annual Review, 2011/12

The Real World Of Socrates

Daily Express, 25 October 2010

What Did The Romans Ever Do For Us?

Radio Times, 23 October 2010

Socrates: A Man For Our Times

Guardian, 17 October 2010

Shared Heritage

BBC History Magazine, September 2010

Latin: Why We're All Better Off With The Ancient Language

Guardian, 14 June 2010

The Power Of The Ancients

History Today, June 2010

Has The Real Atlantis Been Found?

Mail Online, 31 May 2010

The Women At The Heart Of The Divine

Telegraph, 4 April 2010

The Father Of Civilization

Mail Online, 1 April 2010

Feminism And Scriptures

BBC History Magazine, January 2010

A Complex Version

The Times, October 2009

Digging Into History

The Times, 5 July 2008

Lessons In Citizenship From Ancient Athens

The Times Educational Supplement, 6 July 2007

Democracy's Roots Are Far From Liberal

Telegraph, 6 August 2007

Sex Goddesses With Feet Of Clay

BBC History Magazine December 2006

Archaeological Walks

Guardian, 20 May 2006

Helen of Troy: Priestess or Temptress?

Radio Times, 22 October 2005

In Search Of The Beautiful Death

 BBC History Magazine October 2005

The Minotaur's Island

BBC History Magazine, November 2004

Sex, Lies And Helen Of Troy

Democracy

Telegraph

The Boy King

Evening Standard

Egyptomania

Evening Standard

The Helen Syndrome: The Curse of Beauty

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