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ME & MY MONEY: Historian Bettany Hughes Hates Extravagance

ME & MY MONEY: Historian Bettany Hughes Hates Extravagance
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However, at the time when asked by the Radio Times what made her finally reveal the toddler's gender, she explained: 'I was misunderstood - the media reported that I wasn't dictating gender stereotypes.

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I started during lockdown. A bit late, some would say given my age, but at least I've started. In the past, my income has been unpredictable and it has not been easy for me to plan ahead. It always felt like a welcome surprise when money came in. Also, I had other financial priorities.

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If there's one thing history teaches you, it's cause and effect. It is so easy to end up homeless in a couple of steps. And it's incredibly difficult to fulfil your potential if you don't have a home. 

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I bought that white jacket when I was about 30 because I suddenly thought, this is ridiculous, I've got to sometimes buy new clothes.
The first time I wore the jacket was for the wrap party of the TV series I'd been doing. A colleague fell over and cut her wrist on a glass and I took her to hospital. She was fine, but there was a lot of blood and my jacket was ruined. I took that incident as a sign that I shouldn't have bought it.

'If either of my children came to me unsure of their gender, I'd be supportive. It's such a complicated issue, and I don't know that I'd encourage a full sex change before the age of 21, but I'd want to encourage them to embrace who they are.'  

The UPenn swimmer was met with near silence after winning the 500-yard race on Thursday. She has also had parents and Olympian Caitlyn Jenner, 72, among other former professional athletes such as tennis great Martina Navratilova, weighing in with their thoughts about her ability to compete in the NCAA championships.
An activist also claimed Thomas was 'not a woman' from the poolside on Friday. 

imageThomas, 22, swam a 47.37 seconds - a personal best - only 0.10 seconds behind third-place University of Alabama swimmer Morgan Scott and one second behind first-place University of Virginia swimmer Gretchen Walsh.

Thomas (pictured on Friday) will advance to the finals tonight, alongside Iszac Henig, a transgender male - who has not started hormone therapy, therefore, allowed to compete as a woman. It will be the first time they go head-to-head since the Ivy League Championships.

I had a deal for two books - one on Helen of Troy and the other on Socrates. I also did three television series in that year. Overall, I think I earned £75,000. But I was working at least 80 hours a week. My kids called my books 'the treacherous books' because they hated the fact that the door of my study was closed when I was writing. 

The 54-year-old academic and broadcaster told Donna Ferguson she has never owned a credit card, nor made any major mistakes with money.
But she is prepared to spend £135 on a massage as a treat because of the 'weird positions' she often finds herself in, crawling through tombs while filming at historic sites.

When I was doing my academic research before I became a TV historian, I would also teach and lecture.
But that was never a problem for me because I love what I do. I have always managed to make my expenditure meet what I earn.

Also, I work hard to earn my money and I like to know what I'm spending it on. Somehow, putting my money out into the big investment world doesn't feel like what I want to do with it. I want to see what I'm buying. 

They grew up during the war and believed in being self-sufficient.
They would grow vegetables and bake their own bread. My father, in particular, never took anything for granted. He did not know his father and he provided for himself from the age of 15 when his mother died. So I was brought up with a sense that money should never be wasted. 

I have always been careful with money and lived within my means. I've not had a credit card, nor spent more than what I have. I was brought up to think that if work came along I was lucky to have it. So all my life I have worked six or seven days a week. 

It was a stretch for us at the time. Obviously, it is worth a lot more now, but I have no idea how much. I don't even want to think about it. It's the best money decision I have ever made because it has meant my husband and I have had a secure family home in which to bring up our kids.
We'll probably end up being taken out of there feet first.

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