Tales of the unexpected: The dark side of bedtime stories

"A terrible wrathful man, with a slow fuse burning in one end of his belly and a stick of dynamite in the other." That was how Roald Dahl described his long-term American publisher Alfred Knopf in the New York Times in 1983 – but it could easily have applied to himself.

Wallabies try to end Highveld hoodoo

When Australia achieved their sole Test win in Bloemfontein the VW Beetle design was on the drawing board, the Great Depression gripped the USA and chocolate-chip cookies had just been invented.

Jack Black Calls 'Gulliver's Travels' A 'Powerful Gem'

In a long interview with MTV News, star talks about getting larger than life for the adaptation of Jonathan Swift's classic.

Eataly comes to New York

Mario Batali and Oscar Farinetti's giant Italian food emporium opens with an endless supply of panini, pasta and wine

Rugby: Wallabies try again to end hoodoo

JOHANNESBURG - The Wallabies' last win against the Springboks in Bloemfontein was an awfully long time ago.So long ago, in fact, the VW Beetle design was on the drawing board, the Great Depression gripped the United States and...