Former shoplifters say treatment and drug rehabilitation are essential to ending cycle of theft and imprisonment Police to target 500 chronic shoplifters in retail crime crackdown in England When Rhys, 34, stole goods from shops across Birmingham, he would often leave notes for the staff apologising for his actions. “I’d […]
Year: 2026
As a survivor of the era, I welcome this reckoning – and I salute the women who were brave enough to bring it about Mr Justice Bennathan’s sentencing remarks in the trial of Russell Brand hit me like a train, and I know I’m not the only one. This week […]
Crystal Palace FC or Oxbridge beckoned, but the multitalented MC kept forging her way towards music. She explains how she poured every aspect of herself into her debut mixtape Two weeks before we meet, UK rapper Cristale was scrambling down a cliff face to a secluded black pebbled beach in […]
Comfort Eating is back with new host Siobhán McSweeney! In her first episode, she is joined by the Bafta-winning co-creator of People Just Do Nothing, Asim Chaudhry. They discuss his grandma’s cooking, getting laughs from his baby and the joys of collaborating with your pals. Continue reading…
Memorial FC Barcelona, part of upgrade to Camp Nou stadium, will consist of 26,000 niches where fans can deposit their ashes Lifelong supporters of Barcelona football club will soon be able to cheer on the club from beyond the grave – but, like everything else at Barça, eternal devotion comes […]
Multiple women allege David Walliams abused his power and position as a celebrity to prey on them for sexual purposes when they were young women, an investigation by the Guardian and ITV News has found. He denies the allegations. In a letter addressed to journalists working on this investigation, Walliams […]
The presenter is an absolute powerhouse – a responsible, clever, ambitious woman without whom nothing and no one around her would survive. So why is she constantly described as bossy? Stacey Solomon is taking care of five children, 25 chickens, uncountable quail, a large house, a disabled dog and a […]
Always wondered how celebrities do Christmas, what they wear, eat, and always buy ready-made? The chef and campaigner talks whisky, matching waistcoats and the joy of a local bookshop with the Filter • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Jamie Oliver is a global chef […]
The Tory leader outlines her £36bn welfare cuts, again, to an audience of an age and a wealth that they don’t need to work Call it tough love. Only without any of the love bit. Let’s face it. There comes a time in every Conservative politician’s life when you have […]
Ruggedly good-looking and greener than bricks and concrete, Petra Heights are made of three-metre slabs of rough rock. Could they herald a new stone age? Our writer fires up his Flintmobile There’s been a geological eruption on London’s Finchley Road. Great chunks of pink basalt and igneous larvikite appear to […]