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The Know Daily - Friday 26 September 2025
Annabel Preston
September 26, 2025
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Hello hello,
It’s Lily here this week, and I’m so excited to finally share something I’ve been working on behind the scenes for quite a while. We’ve just partnered with Trading 212, the commission-free investing app that makes it easy to buy and trade stocks ⚡️ This has been a long time coming – I actually started working on the idea after our survey early last year, when 96% of you said you’d love to see more financial content. So it feels really good to see it come to life!
This new partnership has also got the team thinking about paywalls – why they’re everywhere, how we manage to keep this newsletter free for everyone and the role our partners play in making that possible. So, if you’re curious about what keeps us free-to-read and how we choose who we work with, scroll down for our deep dive into all things paywalls.
In the meantime, we’ve also got the usual round-up of news and culture recs to keep you inspired through the weekend 💕
Love,
Lily
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UK NEWS
🇵🇸 Palestine has officially been recognised as a state by the UK, alongside Australia, Canada and Portugal.
🌹 England’s Red Roses are to face Canada in the final of the Women's Rugby World Cup on Saturday. Find out how to watch it here.
🍻 Bakery chain Greggs is launching its first-ever pub on Saturday in Newcastle… we’ll race you there!
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
🇺🇳 The United Nations celebrated 80 years since its founding this week as world leaders arrived in New York for the annual debate.
💊 The World Health Organisation has rejected claims by the Trump administration that painkiller Tylenol (paracetamol) is linked with autism.
🌐 Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed the country’s first law to protect children’s rights online.
CULTURE
🎤 Ticketmaster will have to give music fans more advance information about prices, following complaints about Oasis's reunion tour last year.
👩🎨 The Frieze London art fair is back with its outdoor exhibition – featuring artists like Elmgreen & Dragset, and Erwin Wurm – filling Regent’s Park’s English Garden.
📖 Six international authors have made the shortlist for this year’s Booker Prize – which will you be adding to your bookshelf?
Audition: A Novel by Katie Kitamura
Flashlight by Susan Choi
Flesh by David Szalay
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel by Kiran Desai
WORK & INNOVATION
🏢 Early career workers are returning to the office in greater numbers than their older colleagues, a study by Virgin Media O2 has shown.
💬 A WhatsApp feature on iPhone and Android that translates messages into your preferred language has started rolling out.
👩💻 OpenAI is launching ChatGPT for teens, with parental controls aimed to enhance online safety.
UPLIFTING STUFF
⛪️ Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral has reopened six years after a fire forced the historic landmark to close for restoration.
🌊 The High Seas Treaty – designed to protect marine life and ecosystems beyond a country’s jurisdiction – has received the 60th ratification required for the agreement to be brought into full force.
👩🌾 A high-tech greenhouse in an Inuit hamlet of Canada’s Arctic is yielding locally-grown fresh produce for the first time.
Let’s talk about paywalls 💌
One of the things we’re proudest of is that this newsletter is free for everyone to read. No clickbait headlines, no “subscribe to unlock” messages halfway down the page, no paywalls. Just good journalism, in your inbox every day.
Of course, keeping things unpaywalled doesn’t come without its challenges. While many publications rely on subscription models to fund their work, we rely on our partnerships. So when you see ads pop up in the newsletter from time to time, this is one of the ways we’re able to employ talented journalists and deliver the stories you read here every day.
The reality is, it’s a tough industry. Too many publications are being forced to pause or shut down altogether because of financial challenges. Just this week, the two-person editorial team at The London Spy announced they were pressing pause, and earlier this month, Refinery29 UK also closed its doors – another reminder of how difficult it is to keep independent media alive.
That’s why we’re extra mindful of who we work with. We only partner with brands we genuinely love and think you’ll love too – like Trading 212, Femme Health, PensionBee, Merit Beauty… the list goes on. Their support helps keep us unpaywalled, and it means you can trust that any ad you see here has been carefully chosen.
Our other main stream of support is you – our fab readers. Your donations never go unnoticed, and truly, anything you can spare makes a huge difference. And if donating isn’t possible right now, another amazing way to support us is by showing some love to our partners when you see them featured. Every click, share or purchase helps us continue to keep this newsletter free for all.
So thank you – whether you’re reading, donating or cheering on our partners, you’re the reason this little community keeps thriving without a paywall.
🗞 Read: This one is for all the yes-people out there. You know the vibe, saying yes to fixing a colleague’s dilemma, even though you have a hard deadline in two hours that you really need to be focussing on. Well, this piece explores the career effects of always saying “yes, I can help” and offers some fab advice on how to change it if you want to.
🎧 Listen: Paul Brunson’s latest episode of We Need To Talk featuring Shakira Khan is the podcast fix we didn’t know we needed. Honest and eye-opening, the conversation covers everything from representation on Love Island to playground politics as an adult. Plus, it’s almost two hours long, so perfect if you’ve got a long journey this weekend!
📺 Watch: Stop what you’re doing, season five of Slow Horses is out! If you’re into James Bond or loved The Night Manager, this is definitely one to watch. All the crisp blue skies and turning leaves have had me craving classic New York rom coms… When Harry Met Sally is always a good idea, in my opinion. Also, Emma Watson sat down for an interview with Jay Shetty to discuss her break from acting and finding happiness off the screen.
🧑🍳 Cook: In honour of today being the world’s biggest coffee morning, here is a fab recipe for a coffee and walnut torte.
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