Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold (Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths, 2)

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Fry's awesome narrative requires little to no introduction: It's hilarious, entertaining, and even educational. With Heroes, he descends from Mount Olympus to bring some stories about a set of well-known heroes from Greek Mythology, including Heracles, Theseus, and Perseus. Greek Heroes might not be as funny as the Greek Gods, but the adventurous nature of their stories more than made up for it. If your mind and spirit are directed to your task, everything else will follow. Relax.” “But focus,” said Hermes. “Relaxation without focus leads to failure.” “Focus without relaxation leads to failure just as surely,” said Athena. “So concentrate . . .” said Perseus. “Exactly.” “. . . but calmly?” “Concentrate calmly. You have it.” Bowden, George (11 April 2016). "Stephen Fry Speaks About Erosion Of 'Free Speech' On Student Campuses in Controversial Rubin Report Interview". The Huffington Post UK . Retrieved 22 November 2016. BBC– The future role of public service broadcasting– Stephen Fry". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008 . Retrieved 19 June 2008. Minutes of Union Council (16/10/12)" (PDF). Union of UEA Students. October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013.

Just like the first volume of this series, Fry’s wonderful voice, obvious erudition and charming wit make this book not only a breeze to read, but a delight as well. He doesn’t try to reinvent anything, he is simply delivering the classic stories of the Golden Fleece, the love of Orpheus and Eurydice and so on, in a traditional but very accessible format – that’s a lot less intimidating than sitting down with a big pile of works by Homer and Herodotus. Fry was cast in Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit for its first staging in the West End on 7 April 1988, with Rik Mayall, John Sessions, Sarah Berger, Paul Mooney and John Gordon Sinclair, directed by Simon Gray. [50] Fry is a long-standing fan of the anarchic British musical comedy group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and particularly of its eccentric front man, the late Vivian Stanshall. Fry helped to fund a 1988 London re-staging of Stanshall's Stinkfoot, a Comic Opera, written by Vivian and Ki Longfellow-Stanshall for the Bristol-based Old Profanity Showboat. Fry's wit and erudition come together nicely to make one of the most accessible accounting of a large handful of Greek Heroes I've had the pleasure to read. Perhaps better than Hamilton, definitely better than Bullfinch, but perhaps not quite as bright as Ovid, these are, however, punctuated with Fry's charmingly dry wit and panache. Nadiya Hussain and Stephen Fry reveal their mental health battles in moving Sport Relief film". Metro. 24 March 2018 . Retrieved 24 March 2018.Hemley, Matthew (6 December 2007). "Gavin and Stacey sweeps British Comedy Awards". The Stage . Retrieved 16 December 2007. a b c d Harrison, Ellie (2 May 2019). "Stephen Fry announces first UK tour in 40 years". Radio Times . Retrieved 12 August 2019. a b "Stephen Fry steps down from Norwich City board as Delia's nephew joins". edp24.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016 . Retrieved 18 January 2016.

Stephen Fry on political correctness and clear thinking". 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021 . Retrieved 10 April 2016– via YouTube.Britain's biggest stars record iconic poem 'If' as tribute to Olympic heroes". Yahoo! News. 12 December 2014.

In 2008, Fry appeared in a film made by the Free Software Foundation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the GNU Project to create a completely free operating system. [275] In the film, Fry explains the principles of software freedom central to the development of the Linux and GNU software projects. [276] Lip Theatre: History". Dusa.dundee.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009 . Retrieved 4 February 2009. Hamilton, Alan (28 January 2005). "Candles light heart of darkness". The Times. London . Retrieved 4 February 2009. Proud Canaries LGBT group supported by Stephen Fry". BBC News. BBC. 23 February 2014 . Retrieved 23 February 2014. Norfolk Day: Stephen Fry to give 'Toast to Norfolk' ". Eastern Daily Press . Retrieved 4 February 2022.Baker, Rosie (14 January 2011). "Walkers to launch Stephen Fry crisps for Comic Relief". Marketing Week . Retrieved 6 January 2021.