The Know Daily - Friday 9 May 2025

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Hello, hello!

I am thrilled to be stepping into the role of editor here at The Know 🫶🏻 This newsletter has been an absolute staple of mine ever since my first wade into journalism during my Master’s at City, University of London, all the way through my years as a journalist at The Times & The Sunday Times. So when I felt the itch for a new challenge, I reached out to Lynn, The Know’s co-founder and CEO (and resident tour de force), on the off chance she needed someone. We had plenty of chats about our thoughts on the news and how it’s consumed – it didn’t take long to realise our views aligned very closely – and the rest is serendipity! My professional background is very current affairs orientated as I hail directly from the newsroom. But don’t worry, I am also a staunch lover of books, art, culture, food… oh, and anything women-related. It is beyond exciting to be able to bring the best and brightest of these stories to your day!

But that’s enough about me 💁‍♀️ Today, Hannah and I have gathered together the week’s headlines and plenty of culture recs. Enjoy!

Annabel
Editor

UK NEWS

🇬🇧🇺🇸 A “breakthrough” trade deal has been agreed between the UK and US to reduce some export tariffs, including those on cars and steel.

🔢 More girls will get the opportunity to study advanced maths and be encouraged into AI-related careers, thanks to new funding from the government that aims to “break the link between background and success”.

☀️ Solar panels are to be fitted on all new-build homes in the UK by 2027, part of a plan to cut household energy bills and make the electricity grid green by 2030.

GLOBAL AFFAIRS

🙏🏻 Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been announced as the 267th leader of the world’s 1.4b Catholics. He is the first American to be elected as pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

👩‍🌾 An annual ceremony in Thailand that marks the start of the rice-planting season has predicted a good year for farmers, honouring “the vital role of agriculture in the nation’s prosperity”.

🏛️ Sermione, a historic Italian town, has gone viral this week as tourists outnumbered locals by 9:1 over the May bank holiday.

CULTURE

🏆 The Golden Globes has announced a best podcast category for its 2026 awards, which is expected to boost viewership and promote the ceremony to a wider audience.

🎨 Contemplating art can promote abstract thinking and reduce day-to-day anxieties, according to a recent study by the University of Cambridge.

👗 Fashion brands are exploring digital-only collections that exist purely on-screen in an attempt to bridge the gap between fast fashion and sustainability. 

WORK & INNOVATION

☕️ Coffee made from canal water will be served at the Venice Biennale festival using innovative filtration tech. 

👩‍💻 LinkedIn is launching a new generative AI tool that allows users to find job listings by describing their perfect role, providing more flexibility for job seekers.

⛷️ An artificial mountain with a nearly 1,500-foot ski slope has been built on a renewable energy power plant in Denmark.

UPLIFTING STUFF

🐾 Valerie the Daschund has been reunited with her owners after 18 months lost on Australia's Kangaroo Island, having survived the wild and returned in good health.

👩‍🎓 A posthumous degree has been awarded to the University of Oxford’s first female student from an Indigenous community, over 100 years after she began her studies.

🌳 Scottish ministers are considering a new National Park in Galloway, following a consultation with locals, businesses and the public. 

🗞 Read: This piece is a rare and thrilling insight into what really goes on behind the scenes at the Met Gala.

🎧 Listen: Get a Grip with Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison. A brand new podcast inspired by “female comradery in the face of the ridiculous”. Say no more!

📺 Watch: Cheat: Unfinished Business (Netflix), Molly-Mae: Behind It All (Part Two) (Prime Video), The Studio (Apple TV+) and, of course, David Attenborough: Ocean (out now in cinemas).

🧑‍🍳 Cook: Asparagus & sorrel puff pastry tart. It sounds and looks rather complicated but is in fact deceptively easy – the perfect combo!

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