In this Sony Award-winning series, historian Bettany Hughes uncovers the troubled story of the search for the ancient Aryans, and...

Bettany Hughes discusses the life of the Greek poet Sappho. #GreatLivesSappho #Radio4 #RadioSeries

Through the examination of the very latest archaeological evidence we try to piece together the experience of living under Roman...

The history of women and religion. REVIEWS Pick of the Day The Independent on Sunday, The Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Radio...

Bettany presents the first in a series of three discussions tracing the development of feminist ideas from the 1960s onwards....

Historian Bettany Hughes presents a series that uses the latest archaeological evidence to learn more about the empire of Byzantium and...

Three fascinating case studies from the frankish Princess to Lady Brilliana Harley. Women who have had to develop utterly unorthodox...

Bettany Hughes investigates how poets over the centuries have described Helen of Troy, showing how conventional views of female beauty...

A three-part series which re-evaluates the Italian Renaissance - looking at the atmosphere on the streets as well as in the scholar's...

A one-off programme that tried to ascertain how far Eleanor of Acquitain contrived to manipulate her own image....