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Like a cloud of candyfloss twirled around its stick, the sweetest, wispiest things can have a solid core, just as people with the sunniest dispositions have often had the stormiest lives. The same applies to TV shows. A programme that seems twee on the surface may turn out to have

It’s out there now. As all the rades are reporting, Sadie Sink, best known for her breakout role as Max Mayfield in Stranger Things, will join the cast of Spider-Man 4. While Marvel Studios has yet to confirm the news, fans are already speculating about which character Sink might portray

One of the most interesting cultures in the world of The Wheel of Time is that of the Aiel people, who dwell in the desert to the east of the Dragonwall mountain range. Like those in the West, they have a prophecy about the Dragon Reborn, but to them he

The only thing more worrying than being a teenager? Raising one. That’s a take-home from new Netflix drama Adolescence, which follows the aftermath of a 13-year-old’s arrest on suspicion of murder. It’s an exceptional four-parter driven by a desperate question: how could something so horrendous happen, and what is to blame?

It is hard to think of a grander story than that of Homer’s Odyssey. One of western literature’s greatest and oldest texts, it survives today with its relevance and appeal remarkably intact. Of course, there have been many adaptations of the classic story, both directly and obliquely. Kirk Douglas portrayed