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Madeleine Thien: ‘I ran in blizzards and -20C – all I wanted was to listen to Middlemarch’

The Canadian author on mountain running to George Eliot, powerful reminders from Omar El Akkad and the translation that brought Homer’s Iliad to life

The Guardian - UK

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'When you go from book to film, that’s a fireside moment'

Movies are a regular presence in author Kazuo Ishiguro's life in part because filmmakers keep wanting to turn his books into them

The Independent UK

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has already broken cinema records a year before release

Film set for release on 17 June 2026

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The Simpsons writer Steve Pepoon dies aged 68

Steve Pepoon - who wrote for shows such as 'The Simpsons' and 'Roseanne' - has died at the age of 68.

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Lego Simpsons is finally back with a fan-pleasing new set, but why did it take 10 years?

The beloved Lego Simpsons range has returned with Krusty Burger

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The 10 Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century

Eat your heart out, Tolkien. These are the 10 best fantasy books of a new century.

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Homer Nodded in the U.S. Reports

How the phrase ended up in an opinion after it had been omitted.

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10 best greek mythology fantasy books

These classic Greek fantasies flow like ambrosia! Or really runny Greek Yogurt!

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How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession

It’s almost impossible to go a day without seeing or hearing about sport.

The Conversation

The Return subverts Homer’s The Odyssey to dull ends

2/5 It won’t be hard next year for Christopher Nolan to best this flawed reunion between stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche

The Independent UK

The Return: how each new retelling of The Odyssey opens up the worlds of the women in this epic

Waves crash across Ithaca’s rocky shore. “The city of Troy has fallen,” we are told, as the shuttle on Penelope’s loom flickers across the screen. “On the island of Ithaca, Queen Penelope still longs for the return of her husband Odysseus.” The camera then cuts to the wreckage of a…

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‘Peering into the eyes of the past’: reconstruction reveals face of woman who lived before Trojan war

Digital technology reveals ‘incredibly modern’ royal who lived 3,500 years ago in kingdom associated with Helen of Troy

The Guardian - UK

Despite still being filmed, the studio behind Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is already declaring it a "masterpiece" that Homer "would quite likely be proud of"

The movie is currently filming

Total Film

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey release date, cast, trailer, plot, and everything else we know

Your complete guide to Christopher Nolan's next movie, The Odyssey

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The Guardian - UK

‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey

The actor and director on why The Return took 30 years to make, their joy at persuading Juliette Binoche to join them – and the punishing regime that earned Fiennes his battle-scarred physique

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Sir Christopher Nolan ran 'The Odyssey' like an 'indie film'

Hollywood director Sir Christopher Nolan ran the set of his new movie 'The Odyssey' like an "indie film" but with "crazy money", according to castmember John Leguizamo.

The Independent UK

The Odyssey star says Christopher Nolan runs production like an ‘indie filmmaker’

The director is following up Oppenheimer with an adaptation of Homer’s epic poem

The Guardian - UK

The Voyage Home by Pat Barker audiobook review – beware the grief of Clytemnestra

The story of Agamemnon’s fateful return to Mycenae is vividly captured in a retelling of The Iliad that gives Homer’s women a voice

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The Independent UK

New Manchester United stadium roasted as Simpsons memes go viral

The new stadium design has been ridiculed on social media

The Independent UK

Micro-wineries in Cyprus hope to give the world's oldest named wine a comeback

Praised by the ancient Greek giants Homer and Euripides for its superb quality nearly 3,000 years ago, Cyprus’ Commandaria is the world’s oldest recorded and named wine

The Independent UK

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey immediately called out for glaring historical inaccuracy

Christopher Nolan’s new epic has released a first look at Matt Damon’s Odysseus character

The Independent UK

The Odyssey: Christopher Nolan reveals first look at epic follow-up to Oppenheimer

The film sees Matt Damon play the Greek hero Odysseus

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Mia Goth joins The Odyssey cast

Mia Goth has joined the cast of Sir Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey', alongside Elliot Page, Bill Irwin, Himesh Patel, Samantha Morton, Benny Safdie, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o and Charlize Theron

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Elliot Page, Bill Irwin, Himesh Patel and Samantha Morton join cast of The Odyssey

Elliot Page, Bill Irwin, Himesh Patel and Samantha Morton have joined the cast of Sir Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic 'The Odyssey'.

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Benny Safdie lands role in Sir Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

Benny Safdie is the latest actor to join the all-star cast of Sir Christopher Nolan's upcoming film 'The Odyssey'.

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