Bettany Hughes

About Bettany Hughes

Bettany Hughes is an English historian, author and broadcaster. Her speciality is classical history.
Hughes was born and brought up in west London. She is the daughter of actor Peter Hughes and the sister of cricketer and journalist Simon Hughes.
Hughes is married to Adrian Evans who, in 2012, was the Pageant Master for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The couple have two children.
Hughes won a bursary to attend Notting Hill and Ealing High School in Ealing. She was awarded an entrance scholarship to St Hilda’s College, Oxford, where she earned a degree with second-class honours in ancient and modern history.
She is currently a visiting research fellow at King’s College London, a tutor for Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education, an honorary fellow at Cardiff University, and the holder of an honorary doctorate from the University of York.