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‘We jumped the shark in the very first episode!’ Thirty-five years of The Simpsons

From launching with an inexplicable Christmas show to wowing the public – and then being widely derided, the meta-cartoon changed TV for ever. Now, some say it’s back to its best

The Guardian - UK

Saturday Night Live: Chris Rock can’t save a flat episode

The comedian was stuck with a string of mostly unfunny ho-hum sketches in a disappointing week

The Guardian - US

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Evening Standard

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Lisa Simpson Smoked Cowboys' Defense on 'MNF' Broadcast, and Fans Had Lots of Jokes

D'oh! Homer and the Cowboys got burned pretty badly in the fourth quarter of the game.

Sports Illustrated

How to watch or stream Monday Night Football with The Simpsons live, online, and free without cable

Down. Set. D’oh!

Fortune

The NFL Simpsons game broadcast: Channel, time, how it’ll all work and everything else to know

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‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology

Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit

The Guardian - UK

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The Return: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the Ralph Fiennes movie

Ralph Fiennes takes on Greek mythology in new movie The Return. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

WhatToWatch

35 years later, a Simpsons mystery has finally been answered

All these years later, we finally have the answer

Total Film

The Simpsons answers Homer question that’s flummoxed fans for 35 years

You can now go back and rewatch many Homer scenes worry free

The Independent UK

Mask of Agamemnon: A gold death mask once thought to be evidence of the Trojan War

The archaeologist who discovered the mask believed it showed the Trojan War was real.

LiveScience

A brief history of the muses: the Greek goddesses who provided divine inspiration for ancient poets

In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around around 850BC) invoked her with the words “Sing, daughter of Zeus” in the first lines of his epic poem, the Odyssey.

The Conversation

Odyssey by Stephen Fry audiobook review – one hell of a trip

With his distinctive narration, the author-actor brings warmth and humour to his retelling of Homer’s epic, the last in his Greek myth series

The Guardian - UK

Best books about Greek mythology to learn the classic tales of ancient history

From immortalised classical epics to lesser-known myths

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Odyssey by Stephen Fry review – a jaunty version of Homer

The last in Fry’s four-book retelling of the Greek myths is relatable and full of humour

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“The Simpsons” Unexpectedly Airs Its “Series Finale”, Fans Left Perplexed

“It’s such an honor to be with you all for the series finale of The Simpsons.” The post “The Simpsons” Unexpectedly Airs Its “Series Finale”, Fans Left Perplexed first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Pat Barker: ‘When I first read Pride and Prejudice, I hated it’

The author on reimagining Homer, the sexiness of John Donne’s sonnets, and what she’s learned from Margaret Atwood

The Conversation

What is Australia looking for in its poet laureate? Literary and popular poetry don’t always intersect

The inaugural Australian poet laureate will be appointed in 2025 as part of the federal Labor government’s new National Cultural Policy, Revive.

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The Independent UK

The Thick of It to Veep: The weirdest times TV shows predicted real-life politics

Lydia Spencer-Elliott explores the strangest instances of on-screen dramas foretelling global affairs

The Conversation

Narcolepsy is reduced to a punch line in pop culture. What does that mean for people who live with it?

What do you know about narcolepsy?

Sports Illustrated

Orlando Arcia Stares Down Bryce Harper After Homer to Continue Longstanding Beef

Here we go again.

The Conversation

4 things ancient Greeks and Romans got right about mental health

According to the World Health Organization, about 280 million people worldwide have depression and about one billion have a mental health problem of any kind.

TechRadar

The Simpsons season 35 lands on Disney Plus in October but the animated sitcom should have been axed years ago

I love The Simpsons, I even have a tattoo in honor of the iconic comedy, but 35 seasons is just too much.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on list-making: a habit that is part of what makes us human

Editorial: From Homeric epic to the novels of today, the history of literature shows that there is nothing trivial about a list

The Conversation

‘The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death’: Wisdom from Greek tragedies for Joe Biden

President Joe Biden’s current fraught situation, showcasing both his weakness and his determination, is dramatic because it touches upon more than the political moment and more than one man’s character.

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