Christopher Nolan’s new adaption of The Odyssey is an absolute monster of a hit, grossing $264m in its opening weekend. But celebrated classicist Mary Beard tells host Carter Sherman that while Nolan…
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Christopher Nolan has made an Odyssey for our times – by sacrificing the delicious darkness of Homer's epic | Charlotte Higgins ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
There’s no denying the power of the film on the big screen. But how far should modern moral sensibilities influence adaptations of classics?
Everyone knows how dumb it is to be this person: the one wh…
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Coal dynasty heir, 40, is charged with strangling wife at their enormous $4m mansion... months after he allegedly ripped chain from her neck at Monaco's iconic Hotel de Paris ⊖
Christopher Lee Drummond, 40, the heir to the Drummond Company coal mining fortune, was arrested Monday in Jefferson County, Alabama for alleged assaults on his wife Alexis Drummond, 37.
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Real-life superhero moment as driver dressed as Spider-Man comes to rescue of man using wheelchair ⊕
Christopher Hellenthal, 20, was still dressed as Spider-Man hero after work on Tuesday when he spotted a pedestrian in a wheelchair struggling to cross a six-lane highway.
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Influencer apologises for leaving bathtub on mountain ○
Tom Christopher carried the tub up the mountain in flip flops, before bathing in it at the summit.
The music in Nolan’s Odyssey is as well-crafted – and bloodlessly unmemorable – as the movie itself ⊕
Ludwig Göransson’s meticulous score uses instruments of the era to create an earthy, raw and bleak soundscape, but it merely supports the portrayal of an uncomplicated hero
A few weeks ago I came acro…
Why Scotland’s cinematic Moray coast made it a perfect location to shoot The Odyssey ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
‘Legends cling like barnacles to these shores,’ says our local writer, who reveals how the lore of these craggy cliffs and beaches resonates with the Homeric classic
The incoming tide has made a labyr…
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Husband and wife died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their campervan at cider festival after using gas heater not suitable for indoors, inquest hears ⊖⊖
Christopher and Kayleigh Coll were found dead in their campervan having succumbed to fumes released by the gas heater which they switched on before bed in chilly October temperatures.
Fury as 'mindless' influencer dumps bathtub at top of Brecon Beacons after world record attempt ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Tom Christopher, 35, carried the tub up Pen Y Fan- the highest peak in South Wales- in an attempt to break the record for the 'world's highest bath'.
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Suspect who sent anonymous tip to Alaska police charged with 1993 killing ⊖⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Christopher Popps, 54, arrested in Michigan on second-degree murder charge in death of Patrick Dearth
A Michigan man suspected of having murdered a co-worker in Alaska in 1993 was arrested recently af…