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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.

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Poem of the week: from At the Dimensional Border by Philip Fried

Reflecting outward from minimal geometry, the poet renders large events at a granular scale

The Guardian - UK

Odyssey ’84 review – the miners’ strike gets a Homeric twist

Tim Price’s play links a 1980s coal miner with Odysseus in an affecting if heavy-handed mythological drama

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

From immortalised classical epics to lesser-known myths

Evening Standard

Never-ending odyssey: the rise of perpetual cruises that offer the very wealthy a new home at sea

After numerous delays, the Odyssey finally sets sail from Belfast for three-and-a-half years – but what drives people to spend a fortune living full-time on luxury liners?

The Guardian - UK

Odyssey by Stephen Fry – the tales of return from the Trojan war are charmingly retold but at an uncomfortable cost

Stephen Fry’s Odyssey is the final instalment in his retellings of Greek myth that began with Mythos. Here, Fry tells us, we move away from the turbulent creation of the gods and the swashbuckling heroes of old, into “a profoundly human story”: a tale of one man’s journey home “to…

The Conversation

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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Burning Down the Horse review – entertaining ancient Greek antics

This comedy puts the audience inside the giant wooden ruse, alongside a cast who add fizz to a show with real interest in the classical age

The Guardian - UK

‘An ancient shadow permeates his work’: Alberto Manguel on the genius of Ismail Kadare

The writer pays tribute to the late author, reflecting on how Kadare’s use of the ancient past to make sense of the present renders him essential reading

The Guardian - UK

Henry Moore at the Courtauld Gallery review: a splendid show of the great sculptor's lesser-known drawings

These drawings make us think again about Moore the sculptor, while the gallery also has a fine show of Vanessa Bell’s works that is worth visiting

Evening Standard

The mystery of the giant mythic hero at Fort Scratchley

The artist behind the giant whale at Fort Scratchley reveals his inspiration.

Newcastle Herald

Where Odysseus threw a barbecue: exploring Sicily’s Favignana island

The Egadi isles are said to have inspired the mythical islands in the Odyssey. Today, the largest of the group is a quiet place of blissful beaches, fresh fish, neon seas and ice-cream breakfasts

The Guardian - UK

The Odyssey: It’s a Really Really Really Long Journey review – Behold, Telemachus the mummy’s boy!

Unicorn theatre, LondonEven a cyclops can get lonely, even a parent can make a mistake … this electric rendering of the classic is for all the family as Odysseus’s son takes centre stage

The Guardian - UK

Intuitive Machines' historic private moon mission comes to an end

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander has failed to send out a wakeup signal, confirming that its pioneering mission is over.

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Why does Cleopatra always have to die nude? Male titillaters – and the artist who stood against them

From Medusa to Circe, novelists have scored hits with feminist reimaginings of Greek myths and historical figures. But Swiss-born painter Angelica Kauffman beat them to it – by 250 years

The Hindu

Private US moon lander still working after breaking leg and falling, but not for long

The first private U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon broke a leg at touchdown before falling over

Space

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus probe beams home more photos from historic moon landing

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander has beamed home a few selfies snapped during its pioneering descent to the lunar surface last week.

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Odysseus moon lander will cease working after sideways landing

Intuitive Machines, the company that built and flew the spacecraft, said it will continue to collect data until sunlight no longer shines on the solar panels, expected to happen Tuesday morning.

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Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from lunar surface

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander was the first private spacecraft to reach the lunar surface. We now have some images of what it sees as well as an update on its fate.

The Guardian - US

US spacecraft on the moon ‘caught a foot’ and tipped on to side, says Nasa

Intuitive Machines CEO says Odysseus tipped over and ended up on its side as it landed on to south polar region

The Guardian - US

US returns to lunar surface for first time in over 50 years: ‘Welcome to the moon’

Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft Odysseus lands after a 73-minute descent, touching down near moon’s south pole

WEKU

Private lunar lander returns U.S. to the moon 50 years later. Here's what to know

The Houston-based company has pulled off the first successful commercial landing on the lunar surface. It's America's first soft landing in decades.

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Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is aiming for a crater near the moon's south pole. Here's why

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus mission is targeting a touchdown near the moon's south pole this week for a historic lunar landing. Why was this location chosen?

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Private Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from space

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander has beamed home its first photos from the final frontier, gorgeous selfies that show its home planet in the background.

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SpaceX gearing up to launch private moon lander in February

SpaceX and Intuitive Machines are making progress toward the launch of the Nova-C moon lander, which is slated to occur about two weeks from now.

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