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Arcane season 2 has debuted on Netflix – here are my spoiler-filled thoughts on its first six episodes.

Arcane season 2 needs to unravel these big mysteries before the highly-rated series comes to a close.

The gods are real, and Jeff Goldblum is the king of them all.

If you’ve ever wanted to watch Goldblum prance around in a white tracksuit while simultaneously smiting the denizens of Earth, this is for you

Is that Billie Piper with rotting teeth and a nose tattoo? Yes, it is

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…

Agamemnon’s fateful return home reads like a blockbuster in the colourful third instalment of Barker’s women-centred Trojan wars series

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”.

This third volume brings a characteristic blend of brusque wisdom and piercing compassion to the stories of Cassandra and Clytemnestra