Posted by Dimswitch3 on Sat 2 Apr 11, 10:42 PM to Dimswitch3's blog.
Got a soft spot for TV historian Bettany Hughes - in fact she's damn gorgeous - but probably not quite intellectual enough for me.
Anyway, back on topic - she uses the word "slaves" an awful lot in her TV programs. Do you think she's trying to tell us something?
| 2 Apr 11, 11:11 PM Thought_Policeman UK(SO), 2 yrs  |
Yeah, that's she's an historian who makes a lot of shows about ancient history.
'I'm gonna go hit the juice bar. You probably wouldn't like it. It's not about living out childhood abuse through degrading sexual encounters. It's more about juice.' | |||
| 2 Apr 11, 11:21 PM MsSlide UK(RH), 12 yrs £ |
She is so many kinds of lovely. | |||
| 2 Apr 11, 11:25 PM MsSlide UK(RH), 12 yrs £ |
p.s. have you read her books? | |||
| 3 Apr 11, 9:55 AM Ima_Kant UK(PO), 3 yrs  |
I met someone once who worked with her... according to him she's insufferable... very up herself... still, I like her and her programmes, especially the one about Sparta. | |||
| 3 Apr 11, 3:17 PM MsSlide UK(RH), 12 yrs £ |
I've met her a couple of times now and she was warm, affable and carried the faint aroma of cinnamon. | |||
| 4 Apr 11, 12:06 AM DancesWithPussycats UK(TW), 7 yrs |
I'm betting she tastes like peach yoghurt. International man of mystery | |||
| 10 Apr 11, 10:34 PM wonderer UK, 5 yrs |
I do so agree; I wrote some time ago http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/269669/ and have of course been watching her latest series avidly. "Wisdom begins in wonder” (Socrates) | |||
| 17 Apr 11, 11:53 PM MsSlide UK(RH), 12 yrs £ |
Did you see the front page of the Telegraph last week? It was mainly a giant photograph of her. I hate the Telegraph on every imaginable level, but wow. It was a work of art. In other news, I challenge you to sit through the rest of this video without being utterly floored by the resulting mental images. (Sorry Bettany, I don't have a time machine but if you're ever tempted, I do have a bottle of olive oil and a lot of literature that's decidedly... ahem... Sapphic...) | |||
| 1 May 11, 10:41 AM wonderer UK, 5 yrs |
Just spotted this posting rather late.
Ha - I feel a kindred spirit in many ways, including a profound dislike of the Telegraph. So I didn't see it, but have now. And I agree with her point, so easily and so often ridiculed, that it is reasonable to make spaces for marginalised groups until the playing field is levelled. And I loved the video clip too for all the same reasons as you. May I be a fly on the wall if you get to use your olive oil on the lovely woman? I do hope you're fully recovered from your horrific accident.
"Wisdom begins in wonder” (Socrates) |
