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Homer won't strangle Bart anymore

On a recent episode, Homer revealed the end of the long-running gag

Salon

OPINION - Can Europe still rely on the United States for its defence?

In 'Secrets of a Successful Marriage', the final episode of the fifth season of The Simpsons, Marge kicks Homer out of the house. Homer subsequently takes up residence in Bart's tree house and is reduced to wearing tattered rags. As he thinks of reasons for Marge to take him back,…

Evening Standard

Natalie Haynes: ‘I couldn’t stop reading Stephen King - even at the top of the Eiffel Tower’

The author and comedian on drawing comedic inspiration from Juvenal, finding clarity in Homer, and the comic strips she loved as a teenager

The Guardian - UK

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What is intelligence? For millennia, western literature has suggested it may be a liability

In the age of the Anthropocene, humanity appears poised to destroy itself.

The Conversation

‘The Iliad may be ancient – but it’s not far away’: Emily Wilson on Homer’s blood-soaked epic

Following her acclaimed translation of the Odyssey, Wilson has turned to Homer’s other, darker poem. She explains how she got stuck for six months – and why it speaks to today’s era of conflict

The Guardian - UK

16 bizarre The Simpsons predictions that actually came true

From Trump's election to politicians eating fish from near a nuclear plant, here are some of the long-running cartoon's most uncanny predictions

The Independent UK

Fox Reveals Fall Premiere Dates

Season 10 of ‘The Masked Singer’ starts Sept. 27, season 35 — 35! — of ‘The Simpsons’ rolls Oct. 1

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Boris Johnson's baby name inspired by Greek hero who 'leaves wife behind'

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie today announced the arrival of their third baby and the name they've chosen for the little one - which might raise eyebrows to those familiar with the Classics

Daily Mirror

Frank Alfred Odysseus: The meaning behind the name of Carrie and Boris Johnson’s third child

‘Can you guess which name my husband chose?’ Carrie teased in birth announcement post

The Independent UK

Bizarre AI Simpsons characters spark serious debate

Does AI's beauty bias even extend to Springfield?

Creative Bloq

Strange New Worlds, Poker Face, and the wonder of TV episodes that stand alone

Epic arc plots are all well and good, but sometimes it’s great to watch an entire story unfold over a single hour of TV

Total Film

Obsessed fan has spent 'thousands upon thousands' on Simpsons 'shrine' at home

Most of The Simpsons Man's friends 'think it’s cool' and 'a few of them could even be a little "jealous"' of the room in his Florida home, dedicated entirely to the hit animated show

Daily Mirror

Lizzo over the moon about dual roles on ‘The Simpsons’ season finale

The singer voices a cartoon version of herself and children’s doll Goobie Woo in Sunday’s Season 34 finale.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cannibal KFC chickens, Cleo’s nude dudes and Whitlam’s fax: the 10 weirdest Australian commercials

David M Green collects video tapes for fun – which means he has seen his fair share of downright bizarre TV ads. You won’t find any Gobbledoks here

The Guardian - AU

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GamesRadar

I found my original 26-year-old copy of the best Simpsons game, and it still rocks

"Seedy ROM": Having the best time with the best Simpsons game a quarter of a century later

Chicago Sun-Times

Greek to me: Students read ‘Odyssey’ aloud at National Hellenic Museum’s ‘Homerathon’

The event, held in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago, includes 13 hours of programming on Friday and Saturday. Volunteers will read the entirety of “The Odyssey” broken into short passages.

The Independent UK

Simpsons fan uses audio processing to unearth lost 31-year-old joke

Moment was buried in the 1992 episode ‘The Otto Show’

Total Film

30 years on, one Simpsons fan discovers a hidden joke we were never meant to hear

It's a perfectly cromulent joke

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Evening Standard

Five times The Simpsons was right, as Cypress Hill confirm they’ll perform with the London Symphony Orchestra

All the times Homer and co predicted the future from the 2018 Winter Olympics to smartwatches

Glasgow Live

Glasgow burger joint offers Homer Simpson-inspired doughnut burger

The limited edition Big D'oh! burger is the result of a team-up between Glasgow's Fat Hippo and doughnut experts Project D and is the dream combo for any Simpsons fan.

Daily Mirror

The Simpsons writer challenges eagle-eyed viewers to spot change in Moe's tavern

Something in Moe's tavern has changed on the Simpsons, and people are desperately trying to work out what it is - but one eagle-eyed viewer clocked it and won a prize

Manchester Evening News

'Homer' the mind-reading beer pump which lets punters pour the perfect pint using just their brain

Creator Seth Jackson said: "If you're good at it you pour the perfect pint, if you're bad at it you make a big frothy mess all over my robot."

The Independent UK

The Simpsons fans hail return of season one character – but complain about new plot hole

Albert Brooks-voiced character had been absent from the show for 33 years

Evening Standard

Ides of March: What is its history and why does it have negative connotations?

The Ides of March is a popular expression, yet most are unaware of its origins.

The Conversation

Join the Counterforce: Thomas Pynchon's postmodern epic Gravity's Rainbow at 50

Books age at variable rates. Some, indexed to topicalities with mayfly longevities, are decrepit before they’re published. Others, lively and seductive on first appearance, are dry husks a decade later. More durable works may still feel noble a century hence, if suspended in aspic.

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