Ashmolean Museum, OxfordThis Is What You Get explores the intense creative partnership behind countless album sleeves from OK Computer to In Rainbows. But is it good art? Absolutely not For decades, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and the artist Stanley Donwood have been locked in an intense creative partnership. They scribble over […]
The PM and his wife looked like they wanted to be anywhere else but Trump could – and almost did – go on all day It had been the very bestest of bigly weekends. Two rounds of golf at his very own course in Turnberry. On the Saturday Donald Trump […]
Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzy Wrack, Tom Garry and Sophie Downey to celebrate England’s historic Euro 2025 triumph over Spain — and reflect on an unforgettable tournament in Switzerland On the podcast today: It’s come home … again! England have retained their European crown with a dramatic penalty shoot-out […]
Readers’ holiday tips; the rise of short shorts; and the best kettles, tested • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It’s high holiday season, and whether you’re heading to the coast, a city or the hills, a bit of pre-trip prep can go a long […]
It’s tempting to imagine what we might have done differently. But, as Diana Nyad says: ‘We earn our wisdom’ If you could go back in time and give your younger self some advice, what would it be? (Mine: always hire a professional to do your taxes and just accept you […]
Full of jeopardy, trauma and humour, Motherboard is a film made by a lone parent using 20 years of footage of her son – starting as a foetus. They talk about the fights, festivals and cancer diagnosis that went into it There’s a scene in the documentary Motherboard in which […]
Lionesses are escapologists who have secured what no other football team from these islands have before: a dynasty They thought it was all over. Quite a few times, in fact. Written off after their opening game against France; knocked to the canvas in their quarter-final against Sweden; behind with seconds […]
Those aged between 13 and 28 have been accused of deploying a bored, superior expression. As a woman in her 50s, let me tell you I can do a slack-mouthed look of bafflement better than anyone Have you been the victim of a gen Z stare? Maybe you have but […]
Latest wave of displaced citizens curse ‘imperial ambition’ that has led to an estimated one million Russian casualties It was last year when Valentyn Velykyi noticed Russia’s war with Ukraine was getting closer. In early summer, it arrived on his doorstep. “You could hear explosions day and night. Recently missiles […]
Forget cortisol belly, cortisol face and cortisol-reducing cocktails. Without cortisol we wouldn’t even get out of bed in the morning Of all the hormones produced by the body, cortisol is the most misunderstood. It’s essential to any number of biological processes, and yet commonly typecast as “the one to do […]