Armchair travel

The White Lotus Sky and Now TV

Written and directed by School of Rock creator Mike White, this social satire set at an exclusive Hawaiian resort follows the holidays of various guests over the span of a week. But with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travellers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic location. The comedy-drama stars Jennifer Coolidge and Steve Zahn, amongst others, and will make

TV you long for a resort holiday and swear off them forever at the same time.

An A-Z of Pasta: Stories, Shapes, Sauces, Recipes

Rachel Roddy

Guardian columnist and award-winning food writer Rachel Roddy condenses everything she knows about Italy’s favourite food in this practical, easyto-use and mouth-watering collection of over 120 pasta and sauce recipes. It’s also got a selection of short essays that weave together the history, culture and everyday life of pasta shapes from the tip to the toe of Italy. Learn how to match shapes with sauces, perfect the classics, like carbonara, and learn new recipes. If you love Italy, pasta or both, you’ll love this.

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A luxurious Hawaiian resort, a journey around Italy via its pasta, a loving look at Canada’s lumberjacks and an Amazon adventure

Lumberjack: Adventure is Calling – the History, the Lore, the Life

By Lauren Jarvis Book

The loggers who worked the forests of North America changed its historical, geographical and cultural landscape forever. Charitable Traveller contributer Lauren Jarvis’ debut book examines these iconic plaid-clad figures. Whether you’re a history buff or a hipster you’ll enjoy this look into the lumberjack life. Read interviews with the lumberjacks and Jills of yesteryear, discover the history of indigenous lumberjacks and the future of sustainable forestry. Learn how to throw an axe or survive a bear attack.

Jungle Cruise

Cinemas and Disney Plus’ Premier Access

Disney’s latest and much anticipated live action blockbuster is out! Starring Dwayne Johnson, (AKA, The Rock), Emily Blunt and Jack Whitehall as a jungle cruise captain, a scientist in search of a rare healing flower and her reluctant research assistant, respectively, the romantic comedy filmed in Hawaii is set to be a silly but very entertaining romp.

Fans claim it’s a homage to movie classic

African Queen but it looks closer to

The Mummy.

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