Genius Of The Modern World
BBC Four series in which Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx,...
Sunken Cities at the British Museum
The British Museum’s latest captivating exhibition, Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds, tells the tale of the two ancient metropolises...
Bettany's JustGiving Birthday
Good morning. The Howard League for Penal Reform is celebrating its 150th birthday - so I am donating my birthday in May to them. History...
Ancient Ways
A new series on Radio 4 in which Bettany investigates the story of the Roman road that connected east to west and that ran from Italy to...
Recent Articles
The Mind-Shifters Reaching Us From 2,500 Years Ago - The Arts Desk, 26/07/2015 10 Questions For Broadcaster Bettany Hughes - Sunday...
Caucasian Roots
A new series currently airing in which Bettany traces the role of the Caucasus in western imagination, from Jason and the Argonauts...
Mary Renault Books
Bettany has written the introductions for new editions of Mary Renault's The King Must Die and The Bull From The Sea. #Announcement...
The Ideas That Make Us
Series 3 of The Ideas That Make Us will be broadcast across this week on Radio 4 at 1.45pm. Click here for more details, and to listen...