After a bigoted online backlash, led by Elon Musk, The Odyssey achieved a monster weekend – the latest example of a targeted takedown that didn’t work
The Odyssey: jaw-dropping action, dark magic and …
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‘If you see one movie this year’: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey set to storm the box office ⊖
The summer’s most anticipated film will raise epic questions about culture wars, classics and the nature of film-making
In a plot twist worthy of the ancient bards themselves, the hottest movie of the…
27 days ago
How to make the perfect chicken souvlaki – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect … ⊕⊕
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Interpretations of Greece’s most popular street food abound, but whose version of these smoky, juicy skewers is the best?
I’m aware that, fittingly, I’m dancing across hot coals by tackling souvlaki: …
60 days ago
Crossing the Wine Dark Sea by Emily Wilson review – a masterclass in translation ⊕
The polarising translator of the Odyssey and the Iliad sets out her philosophy in this fascinating collection
Emily Wilson’s translations of the Odyssey in 2017 and the Iliad in 2023 are now the stand…
3 months ago
Scientists are baffled to discover a fragment of Homer's 'Iliad' INSIDE a Roman-era mummy ○
It's the epic poem that's regarded as the cornerstone of Western literature - and it turns out Homer's Iliad was a must-read for the afterlife, too.
Life of Pi author Yann Martel: ‘I thought the Iliad was a book for old farts… then I started getting ideas’ ⊕
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The best-selling novelist explains why his new retelling of Homer’s epic offers the ideal antidote to the age of Trump
Yann Martel’s writing studio, where he sits while we talk over Zoom, is a mere 10…
5 months ago
Shelter review – super-soldier Jason Statham does the business as he takes on Bill Nighy in action thriller ⊖
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Ric Roman Waugh’s predictable plot redeemed by fight choreography as Statham faces up to Bill Nighy, and casting of young Hamnet actor Bodhi Rae Breathnach
Say what you like about Jason Statham, but h…
9 months ago
Natalie Haynes: ‘I’ll never read anything by a Brontë again’ ⊕
The author and comedian on the immortal lines of Snoopy, discovering the heart of Homer’s Iliad and her culinary comfort read
My earliest reading memory
Harvey’s Hideout by Russell Hoban, illustrated…
13 months ago
Madeleine Thien: ‘I ran in blizzards and -20C – all I wanted was to listen to Middlemarch’ ○
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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
My earliest reading memory
Resting in my father’s a…
15 months ago
We passed the 1.5C climate threshhold. We must now explore extreme options | Sir David King ○
We do not have the luxury of rejecting solutions before we have thoroughly investigated their risks, trade-offs and feasibility
As a lifelong scientist, I have always believed that if something is pos…