I remember exactly where I was when I first watched Stranger Things. I was in a hostel in Stockholm in the middle of winter, hungover with two friends and a laptop propped on our knees. We didn’t have much to do because we hadn’t realised most of the city shuts down in winter — you live, you learn.
Luckily, we had the kids of Hawkins to keep us entertained. We were immediately charmed by the show’s ‘70s aesthetic, its Dungeons & Dragons-inspired mythology, and its…

