The Metro: Two English teachers discuss Christopher Nolan’s take on ‘The Odyssey’, host summer lecture series

Two veteran English teachers, John Monaghan and Harry Campeon, are running a discussion and lecture series this summer at local libraries focused on Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of Homer's "The Odyssey" and the classical epic itself. The pair, who spent two decades teaching advanced English, will explore why the 3,000-year-old story about Odysseus's journey home after the Trojan War remains relevant to modern audiences, touching on themes like displacement, challenge, and belonging.