Leaf ArbuthnotJul 15, 2026 – 4.00pmThe historian Tom Holland does not seem particularly argumentative by nature. On his podcast, The Rest is History, he and his co-host Dominic Sandbrook have disagreements, but they’re generally restricted to matters of historical interpretation: how annoying the likes of John Lennon, Thomas Jefferson and Virginia Woolf were, or whether Lady Hamilton’s “attitudes” were all they were cracked up to be at the time.This week, however, Holland found himself in the centre of a spittle-flecked internet fist-fight after he tweeted a positive reaction to the forthcoming Christopher Nolan adaptation of The Odyssey, which is set to hit cinemas on July 16.The Telegraph LondonSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles