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21 days ago

Epic win: why the Odyssey is having a moment

With new translations, a film starring Ralph Fiennes and a Christopher Nolan blockbuster on the way, Homer’s saga about a solider’s return from battle speaks to our times in unexpected ways

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23 days ago

The Return review – Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes bring fierce class to elemental Odyssey adaptation

Uberto Pasolini’s raw and urgent drama, from a draft by Edward Bond, sees a traumatised Odysseus face the shameful aftermath of war

The film world is on tenterhooks for Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming…

3 months ago

David Beckham is modelling in his pants again. Will he not think of his fellow middle-aged men?

His bronzed torso is ridiculously ripped – and will, once again, cause a shift in the acceptable minimum standards for the male physique

So much for the dad bod. David Beckham, who turns 50 this year,…

Is baldness a thing of the past? Or will it grow on us again? | Eva Wiseman

As hair-loss treatments improve, one wonders if we’ll start to get nostalgic for a good combover

It is with mixed emotions that I announce the end of baldness. Rest in pates, old friend. This year wil…

4 months ago

‘These are magic books’: bringing imaginary works of literature to life

A whimsical new exhibition assembles a range of books that don’t exist, from Byron’s destroyed memoirs to Shakespeare’s lost play

At a small, unassuming exhibit in midtown Manhattan, you can see the l…

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