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The Know Daily - Friday 21 November 2025
Annabel Preston
November 21, 2025
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Hello hello,
Thanksgiving’s around the corner, and as an American abroad, a little Friendsgiving this Sunday feels extra special. I love any excuse to spend quality time with my favourite people… but I’m already deep into a to-do list and putting together a shortlist of fun activities for the night. (Our dinner party game recommendations further down are basically my personal Super Bowl.)
And because hosting season is officially here, we’ve rounded up some festive tips and tricks to help make your own gatherings feel a little smoother – plus the first edition of this year’s gift guide for the friends who love to host just as much as I do.
Scroll on for a bit of that, plus our usual round-up of headlines and culture picks for the week ✨
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UK NEWS
🎟️ New rules are set to make it illegal to resell tickets for live events above their original cost, in a big win for fans.
🇬🇧 The government has announced plans to update the asylum system, including new rules on support and accommodation. We took a deeper dive into this on Wednesday – you can read it here.
👩🏫 Teachers in Scotland could be able to work a "flexible" four-day teaching week under new proposals announced by the government.
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
🕊️ The UN Security Council has approved a resolution that endorses the US’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, including an international board to oversee demilitarising and reconstructing the region.
🌎 COP30 comes to a close today after two weeks of climate talks and more than 80 countries calling for a “roadmap” for leaving fossil fuels behind.
🗽 New York’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is set to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House today.
CULTURE
🤠 The Country Music Awards saw Ella Langley take home both song and single of the year for her viral hit “You Look Like You Love Me”.
🖼️ A rare painting by Gustav Klimt has become the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction.
🩷 A bronze statue of Bridget Jones has been unveiled in London’s Leicester Square – she’s the first rom com character to get a spot on the Scenes in the Square trail!
WORK & INNOVATION
📱 Meta has won its high-profile antitrust case against the Federal Trade Commission, which had accused the company of holding a monopoly in social networking.
👗 The humble zip just got a green glow-up, thanks to a fabricless redesign that cuts waste and moves us closer to an eco-smart wardrobe.
🤖 “Agentic AI” is the new buzzword of the tech world that has now crept into the real world, here’s what it means.
UPLIFTING STUFF
🏥 A “breakthrough” HIV-prevention drug was approved in the US five months ago and is now being introduced in two African nations that have been especially hard hit by the virus.
🐆 Leopards have returned to the western coast of South Africa for the first time in 170 years.
🚀 NASA has launched a satellite into orbit to supercharge ocean and atmosphere tracking, giving us better storm forecasts and extra protection for coastal communities.
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🗞 Read: Question: are you someone who finds it easy to recognise faces straight away? Well, there’s a chance you could be a “super-recogniser” – it’s giving the social version of Wonder Woman. This piece delves into the idea of super-recognisers and the new research that has revealed how they do it.
🎧 Listen: Jamie Laing’s podcast Great Company has been doing exactly what it says on the tin. His latest episode featuring Alex Jones about retrospectively realising how young you really are at thirty was welcome to say the least.
📺 Watch: Cancel all your plans… Wicked: For Good is officially out in cinemas today! I can’t wait to get to the cinema (although I’m sure we’re in for another emotional ride 💚). Since hearing that there’s going to be a seventh series of Line of Duty, I’ve started rewatching the old episodes – essential homework! I’m also trying to resist the Christmas fever until the start of December, but I feel like You’ve Got Mail is the best of both worlds.
🧑🍳 Cook: These date and tahini cookies feel like something you could have bought from your local bakery – but somehow they aren’t a faff to make?!
Our festive hosting tips (& a few tricks)
There’s something pretty magical about hosting in the festive period – the cosy lighting, the slightly chaotic kitchen energy, the excuse to make just one more batch of something delicious. Whether you’re planning a festive dinner, casual drinks or a bring-a-dish gathering, here are a few tips to keep things joyful (and low-stress).
🎄 Set the vibe before anything else
Decide what kind of evening you want: warm and candlelit, buzzy and upbeat or relaxed and come-as-you-are. Once the mood is set, the rest flows so much more easily. Think: lamps over bright overhead lighting, a simple playlist, a few sprigs of greenery or a cosy throw over a chair.
🎄Choose one “wow” moment and keep the rest simple
Maybe it’s a gorgeous pear and almond tart, a winter-spiced cocktail you batch make in advance or a table with a few pretty candles and linen napkins. Let that be your moment. Then keep the rest easy: a one-pot main, a bean salad, crusty bread and you’re golden.
🎄Give your home a 10-minute sweep, not a full clean
Focus on the spaces guests actually interact with: clear the hallway, toss any clutter into a basket, wipe down the bathroom sink and light a candle that smells like “I totally have my life together”. No deep-cleaning required. Pro tip: have a notebook handy and make a quick list of the chores you really care about before you get down to it… that way you’ll keep track and not get sidetracked by that bundle of laundry by the machine!
🎄Let games do the heavy lifting
Games are the unsung heroes of hosting – they fill any lulls in conversation and instantly bring the energy up. Whether you’re into chaotic party games, low-effort conversational ones or classics with a twist, we’ve rounded up some of our favourites here.
🎄Set up a self-serve drinks station
Free yourself from bartender duty with a simple drinks corner: a bottle of fizz, something non-alcoholic (sparkling elderflower or a jug of iced tea), sliced citrus and a big bowl of crisps or spiced nuts (check for allergies first though!). Bonus points for a pre-mixed Negroni or mulled wine kept warm on the hob.
🍸 DIY cocktail napkins (£)
Everyone knows that a cocktail napkin is truly the height of hosting, but its the kind of thing that your hostess with the mostess friend probably won’t treat herself to. So why not hand stitch some for her? You can order a kit online that’s easy to follow and will leave you with the sweetest cocktail napkins that she will treasure forever.
🫘 Some very fancy beans (££)
Bold Beans are always a good idea. Not only are they the chicest jar of beans on the market, but they are also the tastiest. If there’s one person who will truly appreciate a bundle, it’s your bestie who loves hosting. Whether its queen chickpeas for her to create an experimental salad with, or a jar of baked beans for her to zhuzh up her post-hosting Sunday fry up.
📖 A bougie planner (£££)
This is for that one friend who loves to channel her inner Nigella Lawson (and can anyone blamer her?!). This beautiful hostess planner is the ultimate gift for the friend who is always having the gang around for suppers and takes joy from everything being just so. Top tip: I love to write a little note in the jacket cover with a message to my friend, as well as the date gifted. I promise it won’t go unnoticed!
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