Truly, I am the country’s biggest fan. But in the spirit of free speech its leaders apparently love, here’s a few things the rest of the world needs them to know We in the rest of the world have had to hear a lot – such a lot – about […]
Year: 2026
English clubs stroll through Champions League group phase but fatigue tends to take its toll by the spring Has there been a great game in the Champions League group stage this season? Probably not. Even if there had been, it almost certainly didn’t mean all that much. But that’s the […]
Always wondered what everyday stuff celebrities buy, where they shop for food and the basic they scrimp on? Ben Fogle talks to the Filter about vintage clothing, toothpaste and garden makeovers gone wrong • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Ben Fogle is an adventurer, […]
Introduced by an unsupervised Lee Anderson, the byelection candidate was out of his depth immediately An idiot’s guide to running a byelection campaign. First, know your constituency boundaries. Sometimes easier said than done. On Tuesday morning, Lee Anderson was to be found doing a photo op for the Gorton and […]
She has based ballets on Frida Kahlo, Coco Chanel and Eva Perón. So Annabelle Lopez Ochoa was well placed to take on the passionate, complicated figure of Anne Lister A couple dance across the studio, their movements formal, the mood resigned. The man pulls his partner towards him but she […]
Keir Starmer’s dismal decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor has bought him time, but it won’t change his fate Labour’s impulse for political self-harm defies belief. It is as if some enemy within guides it unerringly along the wrong strategic path. Declaring war on Andy Burnham anoints him as […]
Monochrome catering was all the rage at the VIP screening on Saturday for Ratner’s officially sanctioned $75m feature-length documentary about the First Lady. Have the photos whetted your appetite? This week sees the release of Melania, Amazon’s official feature-length documentary about Melania Trump. Melania was directed by Brett Ratner, and […]
Most of those at Monday’s event had to remind themselves that Braverman hadn’t defected long ago That noise? The sound of the barrel getting scraped. Only last summer, Reform insiders were briefing the rightwing media that the party would never welcome Suella Braverman into its ranks. Too much baggage. Too […]
Witnessing the free climber’s ascent of the Taipei 101 without ropes on Skyscraper Live was an astonishing experience. But beneath panicked viewers’ sweaty palms, there was a queasy truth about the future of television Well, have your balls descended back out of your body yet? Netflix’s Skyscraper Live has been […]
Exclusive: Lured by false job adverts, they are unknowingly enlisted on arrival and put in mortal danger Stephen Oduor was looking forward to starting his new job as a plumber in Russia to support his family after months of unemployment. But soon after landing in St Petersburg from Nairobi with […]