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It’s the Filter’s first birthday! 25 things readers loved most this year – and if we still recommend themIt’s the Filter’s first birthday! 25 things readers loved most this year – and if we still recommend them
In the course of a year, we’ve tested products ranging from instant coffees and cat toys to towels and sleep masks. These are the ones you loved most Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things The Filter US is turning one. Over ...
We live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like | Rebecca SolnitWe live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like | Rebecca Solnit
Public outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point – the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of women Sometimes a story is so so appalling, it captures the public’s attention, including the attention of people who don’t focus on the issue otherwise. ...
‘Brave from the beginning’: 20 years of Friday Night Lights – the sports drama that dared to be different‘Brave from the beginning’: 20 years of Friday Night Lights – the sports drama that dared to be different
It launched the careers of Jesse Plemons and Michael B Jordan, and let its stars improvise in a way that was fresh and new. This show about smalltown US football was confident, trailblazing – and wonderful I’ve been around the south of the US enough to have seen the importance ...
I craved a mean girl’s approval until My Little Pony broke the spellI craved a mean girl’s approval until My Little Pony broke the spell
I didn’t realise my school infatuation was just making fun of me, but then an episode of the cartoon series taught me the attributes of true companionship When I was seven, I was obsessed with one particular classmate. She was the only girl taller than me and she never let me ...
Tennessee prison chief to resign after Christa Pike’s failed executionTennessee prison chief to resign after Christa Pike’s failed execution
Pike’s lawyers said the failure “goes far beyond any one person”. Pike is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections. ...
A billionaire is one of Trump’s loudest critics. Will Democrats send him to the White House?A billionaire is one of Trump’s loudest critics. Will Democrats send him to the White House?
As the Illinois governor seeks a third term, his growing national profile has fueled speculation about a possible White House bid Send us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midterm election When Donald Trump returned to power, 20 long months ago, some state ...
‘One person turned up at my house’: Russell T Davies on fierce fandom, finding love after grief – and the fear that drives him to keep a knife by the door‘One person turned up at my house’: Russell T Davies on fierce fandom, finding love after grief – and the fear that drives him to keep a knife by the door
He’s the titan of TV who revived a flatlined Doctor Who and turned British queer life into jaw-dropping drama. But the screenwriter’s groundbreaking writing has sometimes made him a target of hate – from homophobes and Whovians alike • ‘Goodbye Whoniverse. God, that was fun!’: Read an exclusive extract from ...
The hill I will die on: not everything is a ‘girl’ thing – stop gendering and infantilising it all | Elle HuntThe hill I will die on: not everything is a ‘girl’ thing – stop gendering and infantilising it all | Elle Hunt
No, I don’t want to go for a girl walk before my girl dinner with my girl mates: I am a grown woman who walks and eats and votes – and, patriarchy, I am on to you This morning, after waking up with my girl cats, I made myself a ...
Manchester City’s guilty verdict brings football’s great sell-off crashing to earthManchester City’s guilty verdict brings football’s great sell-off crashing to earth
On the day Andy Burnham spoke of the wrong turn Britain took under Thatcher, football was facing a day of reckoning over its own story of corporate acquisition It was somehow fitting that Tuesday’s damning ruling against Manchester City landed in the heart of the Labour party conference, in the ...