diff --git a/app/src/Talk/TwigExtension/TalksExtension.php b/app/src/Talk/TwigExtension/TalksExtension.php
index fa32e862..5bedc97e 100644
--- a/app/src/Talk/TwigExtension/TalksExtension.php
+++ b/app/src/Talk/TwigExtension/TalksExtension.php
@@ -30,16 +30,9 @@ class TalksExtension extends AbstractExtension
     {
         return [
             new TwigFunction('get_all_talks', [$this, 'getAllTalks']),
-        ];
-    }
-
-    public function getFilters()
-    {
-        return [
-            new TwigFilter('pastEvents', [$this, 'filterPastEvents']),
-            new TwigFilter('pastTalks', [$this, 'filterPastTalks']),
-            new TwigFilter('upcomingEvents', [$this, 'filterUpcomingEvents']),
-            new TwigFilter('upcomingTalks', [$this, 'filterUpcomingTalks']),
+            new TwigFunction('get_upcoming_talks', [$this, 'getUpcomingTalks']),
+            new TwigFunction('get_past_talks', [$this, 'getPastTalks']),
+            new TwigFunction('get_past_talk_count', [$this, 'getPastTalkCount']),
         ];
     }
 
@@ -65,49 +58,47 @@ class TalksExtension extends AbstractExtension
         });
     }
 
-    public function filterUpcomingTalks(Collection $talks): Collection
+    public function getUpcomingTalks(array $talks): Collection
     {
-        return $talks->filter(function ($talk): bool {
+        return $this->getAllTalks($talks)->filter(function ($talk): bool {
             return $this->getLastDate($talk) >= $this->today;
         })->values();
     }
 
-    public function filterPastTalks(Collection $talks): Collection
+    public function getPastTalks(array $talks): Collection
     {
-        return $talks->filter(function ($talk): bool {
+        return $this->getAllTalks($talks)->filter(function ($talk): bool {
             return $this->getLastDate($talk) < $this->today;
         })->values();
     }
 
+    public function getAllEvents($talks): Collection
+    {
+        return $this->eventsFromTalks($talks);
+    }
+
+    public function getPastEvents($talks): Collection
+    {
+        return $this->eventsFromTalks($talks)->filter(function ($event): bool {
+            return $event['date'] < $this->today;
+        })->sortBy('date');
+    }
+
+    public function getPastTalkCount($talks): int
+    {
+        return $this->getPastEvents($talks)->count();
+    }
+
     private function getLastDate($talk): string
     {
         return $this->eventsFromTalks(new Collection([$talk]))
             ->pluck('date')->max();
     }
 
-    public function filterUpcomingEvents($talks): Collection
-    {
-        return $this->eventsFromTalks($talks)->filter(function ($event): bool {
-            return $event['date'] >= $this->today;
-        })->sortBy('date');
-    }
-
-    public function filterPastEvents($talks): Collection
-    {
-        return $this->eventsFromTalks($talks)->filter(function ($event): bool {
-            return $event['date'] < $this->today;
-        })->sortBy('date');
-    }
-
     private function eventsFromTalks($talks): Collection
     {
         return (new Collection($talks))->flatMap(function ($talk): array {
             return $talk['events'];
         });
     }
-
-    public function getAllEvents($talks): Collection
-    {
-        return $this->eventsFromTalks($talks);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/tests/Talk/TwigExtension/RetrievingEventsTest.php b/app/tests/Talk/TwigExtension/RetrievingEventsTest.php
index df9a6b4b..3160dc0d 100644
--- a/app/tests/Talk/TwigExtension/RetrievingEventsTest.php
+++ b/app/tests/Talk/TwigExtension/RetrievingEventsTest.php
@@ -50,43 +50,7 @@ class RetrievingEventsTest extends TestCase
         ];
 
         $talks = $this->extension->getAllTalks([$talkA, $talkB]);
-        $events = $this->extension->filterPastEvents($talks);
-
-        $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $talks);
-        $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $events);
-
-        $this->assertCount(2, $events);
-    }
-    /** @test */
-    public function get_current_or_upcoming_events()
-    {
-        $talkA = [
-            'title' => 'Test Driven Drupal',
-            'events' => [
-                [
-                    'event' => 'php_south_wales',
-                    'date' => (new DateTime('+0 days'))->getTimestamp(),
-                ],
-                [
-                    'event' => 'drupalcamp_london',
-                    'date' => (new DateTime('-1 days'))->getTimestamp(),
-                ],
-            ],
-        ];
-
-        $talkB = [
-            'title' => 'Taking Flight with Tailwind CSS',
-            'events' => [
-                [
-                    'event' => 'blue_conf_2019',
-                    'date' => (new DateTime('+2 days'))->getTimestamp(),
-                ],
-            ],
-        ];
-
-
-        $talks = $this->extension->getAllTalks([$talkA, $talkB]);
-        $events = $this->extension->filterUpcomingEvents($talks);
+        $events = $this->extension->getPastEvents($talks);
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $talks);
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $events);
diff --git a/app/tests/Talk/TwigExtension/RetrievingTalksTest.php b/app/tests/Talk/TwigExtension/RetrievingTalksTest.php
index 8ca148a5..009708d2 100644
--- a/app/tests/Talk/TwigExtension/RetrievingTalksTest.php
+++ b/app/tests/Talk/TwigExtension/RetrievingTalksTest.php
@@ -91,11 +91,9 @@ class RetrievingTalksTest extends TestCase
             ],
         ];
 
-        $talks = $this->extension->getAllTalks([$pastTalk, $futureTalk]);
-        $filtered = $this->extension->filterPastTalks($talks);
-
-        $this->assertCount(1, $filtered);
-        $this->assertSame($pastTalk, $filtered->first());
+        $talks = $this->extension->getPastTalks([$pastTalk, $futureTalk]);
+        $this->assertCount(1, $talks);
+        $this->assertSame($pastTalk, $talks->first());
     }
 
     /** @test */
@@ -122,11 +120,9 @@ class RetrievingTalksTest extends TestCase
             ],
         ];
 
-        $talks = $this->extension->getAllTalks([$pastTalk, $todayTalk, $futureTalk]);
-        $filtered = $this->extension->filterUpcomingTalks($talks);
-
-        $this->assertSame(2, $filtered->count());
-        $this->assertSame([$todayTalk, $futureTalk], $filtered->toArray());
+        $talks = $this->extension->getUpcomingTalks([$pastTalk, $todayTalk, $futureTalk]);
+        $this->assertSame(2, $talks->count());
+        $this->assertSame([$todayTalk, $futureTalk], $talks->toArray());
     }
 
     /** @test */
@@ -140,10 +136,8 @@ class RetrievingTalksTest extends TestCase
             ],
         ];
 
-        $talks = $this->extension->getAllTalks([$talk]);
-
-        $this->assertCount(1, $this->extension->filterUpcomingTalks($talks));
-        $this->assertEmpty($this->extension->filterPastTalks($talks));
+        $this->assertCount(1, $this->extension->getUpcomingTalks([$talk]));
+        $this->assertEmpty($this->extension->getPastTalks([$talk]));
     }
 
     /** @test */
diff --git a/source/_pages/talks.html.twig b/source/_pages/talks.html.twig
index 311d26fd..fd732fdc 100644
--- a/source/_pages/talks.html.twig
+++ b/source/_pages/talks.html.twig
@@ -24,22 +24,22 @@ talks:
         date: 2018-06-27
 ---
 {% block content %}
-    {% set talks = get_all_talks(page.talks|merge(data.talks)) %}
+    {% set talks = page.talks|merge(data.talks) %}
 
     <header>
         <p class="lead">
-            After giving my first talk in September 2012, I have now given {{ talks|pastEvents|length }} presentations at various conferences and meetups,
+            After giving my first talk in September 2012, I have now given {{ get_past_talk_count(talks) }} presentations at various conferences and meetups,
             on topics including PHP, Drupal, Git, CSS and systems administration.
         </p>
     </header>
 
     <div class="spaced-y-10 mt-6">
         {% include 'talks/upcoming' with {
-            talks: talks|upcomingTalks,
-        } %}
+            talks: get_upcoming_talks(talks),
+        } only %}
 
         {% include 'talks/past' with {
-            talks: talks|pastTalks,
-        } %}
+            talks: get_past_talks(talks),
+        } only %}
     </div>
 {% endblock %}