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Top 20sFilm-inspired holidaysFrom Rome to the Amazon, in these 20 films stunning locations play a starring role – and they’re all on now at a laptop or TV near you The Guardian’s product and service reviews are independent and are in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. We will earn a commission from the retailer if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. REAL-LIFE ADVENTURESWild (2014)Cheryl Strayed decided to walk the Pacific Crest Trail to face her demons, and her memoirs were turned into this uplifting film starring Reese Witherspoon as the inexperienced hiker who turns her life around.

Proms This article is more than 1 month oldBBC Proms director David Pickard to step down after nine yearsThis article is more than 1 month oldPickard will leave post after next summer’s classical music festival and says it feels like right time to go The director of the BBC Proms has announced he will step down after nine years leading the classical music festival. David Pickard will leave the post after next summer’s Proms and said he planned to “explore new projects”.

TheatreReviewWyndham’s, London Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham are excellent in an immaculately designed production of Simon Stephens’ fable about love and physics This production has an impressive pedigree. It is written by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, whose last collaboration was on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Acclaimed at its New York premiere in 2015, the play now stars Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham in the West End.

Amazon‘Lack of respect’: outcry over Amazon employee’s death on warehouse floorWork carried on as usual in the facility as workers were not informed of colleague’s death even as the body lay on the floor On the morning of 27 December 2022 at the Amazon DEN4 warehouse in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 61-year-old Rick Jacobs died on the job after experiencing a cardiac event, right before a shift change. What happened next has angered his former colleagues.

Fashion This article is more than 10 months oldModels and robots share the runway at Coperni fashion showThis article is more than 10 months oldBoston Dynamics’ canine automatons steal show in Paris as maison stages modern fable, designers say Welcome to the age of the super-robot. With their impossible proportions, thousand-yard stares and supernatural ability to walk in 5in heels, catwalk models often appear a different species to regular humans.

Rachel Roddy’s focaccine, or little flatbreads, here stuffed with olives. Photograph: Rachel Roddy/The GuardianRachel Roddy’s focaccine, or little flatbreads, here stuffed with olives. Photograph: Rachel Roddy/The GuardianA kitchen in RomeBreadReviving the ancient ways of making bread and using a wild yeast starter is all well and good, but luckily there is also a quicker way to make this traditional Italian flatbread Fire, for the ancient Romans, was ignis, which was lit in the focus (fireplace) and often surrounded by altars to the family gods.

UK news This article is more than 6 years oldTeenage killer of teacher Ann Maguire asked classmate to film attackThis article is more than 6 years oldFellow students of Will Cornick, who was 15 when he murdered his Spanish teacher, did not believe he was serious about his plan to kill her A 15-year-old boy who stabbed his teacher to death asked a classmate to video the attack and told many other pupils what he planned beforehand, a court has heard.

SportblogChelseaThe prodigy who dared to turn down ChelseaJonjo Shelvey, a 17-year-old midfielder, turned down the chance to join Chelsea for £3.5mJonjo Shelvey is a 17-year-old midfielder who became the youngest first-team player in Charlton Athletic's history towards the end of the 2007-08 season, and the club's youngest ever goalscorer last January. He stands 6ft 1in, plays box-to-box, as they say, and has represented England at Under-16 and Under-17 levels. And last week he turned down the chance to join Chelsea for a fee of £3.

Argentina This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldNew generation of researchers say country must confront its ‘erasure of blackness’ and the structural racism that exists now Argentina has long taken pride in its European heritage. The mass migration of 7 million Europeans, mostly Spanish and Italian, between 1850 and 1950, created a racial profile many Argentinians feel distinguishes their country from the rest of Latin America even today.