One thing that both book and radio series help demonstrate is how curiously familiar the strange can be, and how deeply the formulaic exotica of the Arabian Nights tales have entered Western culture.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Now that Tales of the Shire will be launching in the summer, another release could be the cozy title's most surprising competition.

Here's one that wasn't on the bingo card: Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco's 2021 RPG hit, is getting an unexpected expansion two years after the game first came out. Announced at today's State of ...

It began in 1979 and was originally entitled Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected, as each story was taken from his superb collection of sting-in-the-tale suspense yarns. Later, the shorter-titled ...

Tales of the Unexpected is a new strand of provocative, confronting and thoroughly entertaining science documentaries. Each episode reveals a fascinating, sometimes awkward, and frequently ...

A colleague told me about a conference at UCL on contract law and the unexpected saying, “Looks like a nice day out Jason”. When I was emailed 12 hefty draft papers by way of pre-reading ...