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The Return: how each new retelling of The Odyssey opens up the worlds of the women in this epic

Waves crash across Ithaca’s rocky shore. “The city of Troy has fallen,” we are told, as the shuttle on Penelope’s loom flickers across the screen. “On the island of Ithaca, Queen Penelope still longs for the return of her husband Odysseus.” The camera then cuts to the wreckage of a…

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‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey

The actor and director on why The Return took 30 years to make, their joy at persuading Juliette Binoche to join them – and the punishing regime that earned Fiennes his battle-scarred physique

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Uncorking the past: new analysis of Troy findings rewrites the story of wine in the early bronze age

Wine drinking in ancient Troy was not restricted to the upper classes, as has long been supposed – something our new research has established for the first time. Colleagues at the University of Tübingen and I have discovered that wine was also enjoyed by the common folk, independent of upper-class…

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£6,300 Treatment Ends in Horror: Toddler 'Who Loved Life' Dies in Oxygen Chamber Explosion

Thomas lost his life after the chamber he was in exploded at The Oxford Centre in Troy, Michigan, while his mother, Annie Cooper, watched helplessly.

International Business Times UK

Cubs sign utility man Jon Berti

Cubs sign utility man Jon Berti. The native of Troy, Michigan played for the New York Yankees this past season.

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Drunk driver found asleep at wheel in Troy

Police officers arrested a drunk driver found asleep at the wheel in Troy, Michigan.

The Independent UK

Long lost North African civilisation ‘as big as Troy’ could rewrite Mediterranean history

Largest agricultural complex in Africa outside of the Nile region helped shape the western Mediterranean world during fourth millennium BC

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Tragic Family Shooting Ends In Bridge Standoff

Tragic incident in Troy, NH as Trent Weston fatally shoots his family, leading to a fatal standoff on the Piscataqua Bridge.

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IDs released but questions linger after family tragedy that ended on a bridge

Police say a family of three had recently moved into a duplex in Troy, New Hampshire, before violence erupted this week

The Independent UK

The Voyage Home is a fierce and chilling end to Pat Barker’s Women of Troy trilogy

The legend of Troy – a city sparking with fire, a cataclysmic war and a refugee crisis – always has something more to offer writers looking for inspiration. The unspeakable horrors of conflict. The brutalities written on women’s bodies. The journey that, for the victors, means a voyage home, and…

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‘You can’t murder a people and walk away scot-free.’ In The Voyage Home, Pat Barker explores morality in war

The first volume of Pat Barker’s trilogy of the Trojan conflict starts with an epigraph taken from Philip Roth’s The Human Stain: “All of European literature springs from a fight”.

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I watched a divisive historic movie on Netflix with 53% on RT — and it deserves a second chance

Troy sits at just 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, but having re-watched it on Netflix, I think it deserves a second chance.

WhatToWatch

Total War: Pharaoh Dynasties has quietly become one of the best historical Total War games ever

One of the biggest updates in the history of the franchise has left us with a rich Bronze Age sandbox.

PC Gamer

Happy 50th birthday to the UPC barcode – no one expected you would revolutionize global commerce

The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer – on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio.

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Local News Close-Up: Capital Gains in Albany, New York

Albany-Schenectady-Troy DMA has government, lots of mountains, easy access to major markets

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Total War: Pharaoh is getting a free expansion-sized update that adds 4 new factions, including Troy

It's going full Bronze Age.

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Prom 64: Les Troyens; Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony; Proms 62 & 63: The Rite by Heart– review

With a stand-in conductor and a stellar cast, Berlioz’s monumental opera came into its own at the Proms; the BBC Symphony Orchestra let Bruckner’s colours unfurl; and Aurora’s Stravinsky played from memory proved unforgettable

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Prom 64: Les Troyens review – trouble-hit concert-staging rises to the occasion magnificently

Dinis Sousa, replacing John Eliot Gardiner, brought excitement and emotional intensity to Berlioz’s epic opera, aided by a consistently impressive cast

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‘The Burnt City’ Shows Why Punch Drunk Are Leaders In Interactive Theater Performances

The Burnt City – is ancient Troy devastated by the recently ended siege.

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Review: ‘The Burnt City’ Shows Why Punch Drunk Are Leaders In Interactive Theater Performances

The Burnt City – is ancient Troy devastated by the recently ended siege.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: inflation drops more than expected; William Tyrrell’s foster mother speaks; and a cleaner destroys 25 years of research

A closer look at the monthly data reveals lower fuel costs, but higher prices for food and insurance

The Independent UK

The 50 greatest TV episodes of all time, from This is England to I May Destroy You

A brilliant episode can refine the essence of the best shows into a single, self-contained moment. Here are our favourites from over the decades

The Guardian - US

A US city received $500,000 to remove lead pipes – and still hasn’t spent it

Troy, New York, has yet to remove a single lead pipe five years after getting the money. What went wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Theatre: Susannah Clapp’s 10 best shows of 2022

Thirties Harlem and the siege of Troy rocked, along with Joan of Arc, Orlando and the Ladies of Llangollen, to be greeted by funding cuts across the board

The Independent UK

Moscow police scoured 24-mile radius for video in relation to university stabbings

Moscow investigators travelled to the nearby towns of Troy and Kendrick for footage that could help in the investigation

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