Armchair travel

Expect a heavy dose of cuteness with this new Netfl ix series from the producers of Life in Colour with David Attenborough. Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter, it follows the adventures of baby lions, elephants, penguins, pangolins adventures of baby lions, elephants, penguins, pangolins and more, as they learn to and more, as they learn to navigate the highs and lows navigate the highs and lows of life in the wild. Beautifully of life in the wild. Beautifully shot intimate fi lms show shot intimate fi lms show young animals playing, young animals playing, learning to learning to hunt for food hunt for food from their from their parents and parents and evading evading predators. predators. Sit back Sit back and enjoy and enjoy

TV a window into the wild guided by a window Carter’s soothing voice.

AFRICA IS NOT A COUNTRY: BREAKING STEREOTYPES OF MODERN AFRICA

By Dipo Faloyin

This portrait of contemporary Africa challenges harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story. So often Africa is depicted simplistically as an arid landscape of famines and safaris, uniquely plagued by poverty and strife, but this funny and insightful book says otherwise. Faloyin looks at each country’s colonial heritage and chronicles a variety of subjects, from urban life in Lagos to the lively rivalry over who makes the best Jollof rice. Africa Is Not Africa Is Not A Country celebrates the energy and fabric of the continent’s different cultures and different cultures and communities.

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The trials and tribulations of wild infant animals, a book about the real Africa, a slow travel guide to the Isle of Wight and a fi lm about the King... to the Isle of Wight and a fi lm about the King...

ISLE OF WIGHT (SLOW TRAVEL)

Bradt Travel Guides Book

The latest in Bradt’s award-winning series of slow award-winning series of slow travel guides to UK regions (others include Suffolk, Dorset, Northumberland and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly) covers the Isle of Wight. Written by author and journalist Mark Rowe, who has visited and journalist Mark Rowe, who has visited the island over 30 times since fi rst spending childhood holidays there, it has all the practical information you could need along with descriptive detail, anecdote and insider tips. Rich in food producers, wildlife, natural beauty, history, archaeology and dramatic landscapes, the Isle of Wight has plenty to fi ll a guide book. Find out where to see red squirrels and why Jimi Hendrix had a love affair with the island. Faloyin looks at each country’s colonial heritage and chronicles from urban life in Lagos to the lively rivalry over

ELVIS

Another epic biopic hits our silver screens this June, this one tackling Elvis. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, it stars the relatively unknown (outside of U.S. teen dramas) Austin Butler alongside Tom Hanks and Australian actress Olivia DeJonge. The movie was fi lmed in Australia, with Elvis’ Tennessee mansion Graceland specially recreated, but Luhrmann’s typically vivid cinematography and all-American cinematography and all-American scenes – such as one showing Elvis singing gospel – will whet your appetite for a trip to the U.S. The fi lm follows the complicated 20year relationship year relationship

Elvis had with his Elvis had with his manager, Colonel manager, Colonel

Tom Parker (played by Hanks). (played by Hanks).