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The Know Daily - Friday 25 August 2023
🥕 Tips and tricks for creating a thriving urban garden
Friday 25 August ∙ Read in 5m 24s ∙ Listening to Lauryn Hill
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Happy Friday!
As a long-time city-dweller with rural roots, I was overjoyed when my attempts to grow tomatoes on my tiny balcony finally bore fruit this summer 🍅. As well as creating something delicious from scratch, I found the whole process to be seriously mindful - and it helped me reconnect with the nature around me.
That’s why, in today’s edition, I am so excited to share this wonderful guide to creating your own urban garden, packed full of easy and actionable tips that are guaranteed to make you reach for the watering can.
Scroll down for all the details 👇 plus our usual roundup of the week’s biggest headlines, our Friday quiz, culture recs and more.
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POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS
🇷🇺 Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a failed uprising against Putin in June, is presumed to have died following a plane crash on Wednesday. UK defence sources told the BBC that Russia’s FSB intelligence agency is likely to be responsible for the incident.
🇯🇵 Japan began releasing treated radioactive water from the ruined Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, prompting China to immediately ban all seafood products from the country.
🇺🇸 Donald Trump surrendered at a jail in Georgia on Thursday night, on charges of plotting to overturn the state's 2020 election results. He was processed like any ordinary criminal defendant - and had his mugshot taken.
CULTURE
⚽ FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales after he kissed captain Jennifer Hermoso on the lips at the Women’s World Cup Final. She later said that she “did not enjoy” it.
🪧 The UK Advertising Standards Authority ruled that OnlyFans account billboards which appeared in four London locations in June and July were “not overtly sexual”, following complaints that they were inappropriate.
🎙️ The Rolling Stones appeared to announce a new album with an ad for a fictional glass repair business in a local newspaper. While the band has made no official comment, NME has broken down the clues.
Anyone see this? An ad ran in Hackney Gazette for a company called Hackney Diamonds teasing Rolling Stones song titles. Their est. date is 1962, same year Stones formed. Website seems to be run by Universal Music, the Stones’ label. A clue their long-awaited new LP is on its way?
— Simon Harper (@Simon__Harper)
3:57 PM • Aug 21, 2023
WORK & INNOVATION
🚀 India became the first country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon’s south pole. Scientists believe that this unexplored region could contain water - and Chandrayaan-3 will begin gathering crucial data.
👩⚕️ Surgeons in Oxford said that the UK’s first womb transplant had been a “massive success”. The 17-hour surgery took place in February, but was first reported on this week. A second womb transplant is scheduled for autumn.
📱 Meta launched a web version of Threads. The app - designed to rival Twitter, now rebranded as X - experienced an initial flurry of signups when it launched in July, but engagement has fallen in recent weeks.
UPLIFTING STUFF
🇳🇿 The wētāpunga, one of the world’s largest insects, is making a comeback in New Zealand’s forests after almost 200 years.
🥇 Two athletes decided to share their pole vault gold medal at the World Championships in Budapest. After two and a half hours, America’s Katie Moon and Australia’s Nina Kennedy ultimately decided against a jump-off.
🐺 A new pack of grey wolves was discovered by researchers in California’s Sierra Nevada, several hundred miles away from any other known population of the endangered species.
🥕 How to create your own urban garden
In the heart of bustling cities, where space is at a premium and concrete reigns supreme, a green revolution is quietly taking root.
Urban gardening is proving to be a game-changer for city-dwellers who yearn to connect with nature, grow food and cultivate essential habitats for insects, birds and other wildlife… even in the tiniest of spaces and with limited time.
But how exactly can city-dwellers get started with creating their own “pocket gardens”? To find out, we spoke to our friends over at Earthed - the nature skills platform and charity - to bring you this guide to urban gardening.
Check it out here 👈
🗞️ Read: Writer and journalist Eleanor Morgan on whether therapy-speak is changing the way we talk about ourselves. “Terms like ‘triggered’, ‘toxic’ and ‘narcissist’ are now bandied about in daily conversations,” she writes in this thoughtful piece for The Observer. “Is this mere psychobabble or are they useful tools in a complicated world?”
🎧 Listen to: The ZOE Science & Nutrition podcast, where leading scientists explain the latest health research and translate it into practical advice. With 80+ episodes exploring everything from the gut-brain connection to HRT for the menopause, you’re pretty much guaranteed to find something that piques your interest - but if not, check out Vulture’s roundup of the best podcasts of 2023 so far.
📺 Watch: Who Is Erin Carter? (Netflix), The Woman in the Wall (BBC iPlayer), Ahsoka (Disney+), Sanditon S3 (ITVX).
🐟 Try out the tinned fish trend: The nutritious storecupboard staple has had an unlikely resurgence in popularity over recent months, with #tinnedfish going viral on TikTok. Check out the Washington Post’s roundup of the 16 best recipes - featuring canned sardines, shellfish and more - for an easy yet delicious weekend meal.
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💤 As we return from our summer holidays, travel - and how to make it even easier! - has been on all our minds. That’s why we’ve been loving this super-versatile Infinity Pillow, which you can mould to fit the space you’re in. (We especially love it in the sunset orange colour.)
✈️ We’re also very much into these silky smooth bamboo sleep masks, which are ideal for sleeping on planes and trains (and automobiles!). They’re available in three different colours, but terracotta is our fave.
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