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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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Another Oppenheimer actor is reuniting with Christopher Nolan for his next movie The Odyssey as filming begins next month

Benny Safdie joins the cast of 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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Christopher Nolan to reunite with Oppenheimer actor for new movie

Nolan is following up Oppenheimer with an adaptation of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’

The Independent UK

How midlife became a crisis

In the acknowledgments of her 2024 novel “All Fours,” Miranda July explains that she was inspired by a series of conversations about “physical and emotional midlife changes” with several women close to her.

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Christopher Nolan’s next movie unveiled as Greek epic adaptation — and it already has a release date

The film is set to feature an all-star cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson

The Independent UK

‘We’re figuring out cool ways of storytelling’: how TikTok is changing the way we watch musicals

Jorge Rivera-Herrans’s musical sensation Epic is just one of a series of works making a splash on the online platform

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Q&A: Binoche and Fiennes on reuniting for ‘The Return' and fighting for meaningful movies

Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche became friends while playing lovers in “Wuthering Heights.”

The Independent UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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…

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

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The mystery of the giant mythic hero at Fort Scratchley

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Space

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.

The Guardian - UK

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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