Taking umbrella testing to the extreme; organisational hacks for the new year; and Jess Cartner-Morley’s January essentials • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here How naive I was, during the car journey to Mam Tor, to wonder whether it would be windy enough for testing umbrellas on this Peak District hill’s 517-metre summit. It was blowing a gale – or more accurately, a “near gale”, if weather apps are to be believed – and the three of us who rendezvoused at the triangulation point could barely stand in one place. Jess Cartner-Morley’s January style essentials: from posh slippers to French-Girl hairpins ‘Will save on money and arguments’: 21 home organisation hacks for shared households The best concealers: eight favourites for camouflaging blemishes and dark circles – tested ‘Extraordinary – a great alcohol alternative’: the best supermarket kombuchas, tasted and rated Continue reading...