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The Ideas That Make Us Series 2 Episodes

    Peace

    5/5 Bettany Hughes explores changing ideas of peace in her archaeology of philosophy.

    Wisdom

    4/5 Bettany attends a women's football game and visits a synagogue to hear the Song of Deborah

    Hospitality

    3/5 Bettany gazes into outer space and invites poet Ben Okri round to her house for supper.

    Comedy

    2/5 Bettany listens to a rat laughing and giggles at schoolboy jokes from Ancient Mesopotamia.

    Liberty

    1/5 Bettany Hughes examines changing ideas of liberty in her archaeology of philosophy.