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The Know Daily - Friday 20 March 2026
Annabel Preston
March 20, 2026
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Hello hello,
We’ve got something new (and very nosy) coming your way 👀 From this week, our team is kicking off a new series all about money – less how-to, more real-life glimpses into how people actually spend, save and think about it day-to-day. No gatekeeping, no jargon, just an honest look behind the scenes. Scroll on for more on that and then you can expect a fresh edition in your inbox every Monday going forward.
Plus, you can enjoy our round-up of headlines, culture picks and a few recs to see you through ‘til next week.
Have a fab weekend!
Hannah
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UK NEWS
💷 A £53m support package has been announced by the government in an effort to help low-income households affected by the rise in oil costs amid ongoing conflict in Iran.
🍺 Alcohol free beer and houmous have been added to the virtual basket of goods that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) uses to come up with the monthly inflation figures.
🚝 A new low-cost train service is set to connect these two cities for less than £30 per go… we might have to rethink our summer holidays!
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
🤝 Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi met with President Donald Trump at the White House, promising to join a US-led coalition to stabilise shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz (one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels that is currently blocked and has knock-on economic effects).
📖 An English language dictionary is suing OpenAI for allegedly using 100,000 articles, encyclopedia and dictionary entries to train ChatGPT without permission.
😊 The World Happiness Report has found that this country is the happiest in the world for the ninth year in a row.
CULTURE
📸 London Camera Exchange has announced the winners of this year’s photo competition – check them out here.
🏛️ The New Museum in New York has reopened and doubled in size following four years of construction.
🕵️♀️ Street artist Banksy’s identity has allegedly been revealed, a special investigation by Reuters claims.
WORK & INNOVATION
🪐 Some of the clearest images ever taken of the planets in our solar system have just been released by NASA.
💻 An AI search feature that gave users crowdsourced health advice from amateurs has been removed by Google.
⏱️ An ultraprecise clock that’s been developed by Chinese scientists could lead to a redefinition of the second.
UPLIFTING STUFF
📦 “Yakult Ladies” in Japan are looking out for the older members of local communities whilst also delivering probiotic yogurt to their doors.
♻️ Romania’s recycling revolution is officially underway, meaning billions of containers have been brought back for recycling, plus there’s been a huge drop in litter.
🚴 Radio DJ Greg James has so far raised over £2 million for Comic Relief by cycling 1,000 kms on a tandem! (And even Prince William joined him on the bike.)
Welcome to Money Archetypes – a new series lifting the lid on the often mysterious world of money. Each week, someone from our community shares their real-life numbers, habits and goals – the good, the messy and everything in between – because there’s no one “right” way to do finances. We’ve partnered with Maike Currie, an advocate for improving women’s financial resilience and VP Personal Finance at PensionBee, to help us out. Anything discussed should not be regarded as financial advice and as always with investing, your capital is at risk.
Maike Currie is VP Personal Finance at PensionBee, a leading online pension provider in the UK. She’s also an author, award-winning financial commentator and advocate for improving women’s financial resilience (basically, she knows her sh*t and we’re lucky to have her!). With more than two decades’ experience in markets, money, investments and pensions, she has held senior roles across the investment industry. Maike specialises in helping women take control of their financial futures, with a particular focus on pensions, investing and closing the gender wealth gap. |  |
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🗞 Read: A sociologist who studies how people connect has written a how-to guide on making friendships that last. She has interviewed over 150 people about friendships and all her research has come together in a simple theory: friendship markets. No spoilers here… but safe to say it’s an eye-opener!
🎧 Listen: If you struggle to work in complete silence all day, but also find it hard to focus when listening to words, I have just the thing. Enter: Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons. Don’t let the incredibly long name scare you off! It’s the perfect soundtrack to a zen day of work.
📺 Watch: The first season of Last One Laughing UK is probably the funniest thing I’ve seen on TV for the last 5 years, so I am obviously ecstatic that we finally have a second season streaming now. I can already tell that Imperfect Women is about to fill a Big Little Lies-shaped hole in my life. And I’ve finally got round to watching I Swear, and it’s every bit as good as I expected!
🧑🍳 Cook: Calling all pickle fans! This recipe for pickled radicchio is oh-so-easy and brings heaps of pizzazz to boring packed lunches.
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