Bettany Hughes : (3)

" A lot of the clothes I wear on telly are second-hand. " - Bettany Hughes

" Venus’s life story across 5,000 years reminds us not to trivialise the power of desire: the ancients were right to never underestimate its influence. " - Bettany Hughes

" Even the picturesque prehistoric settlements at Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini were an exercise in problem-solving; white-washed homes and town halls built with an anti-earthquake technology still employed today, 3,500 years on. " - Bettany Hughes