Which brollies make sturdy investments and which are flimsy flappers? I hiked up a Peak District hill to find out

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