The Know Daily - Friday 27 October

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This week, we wanted to do something a bit different and pass the mic 🎙️ to our lovely intern. Maggie, take it away…

Hi readers,

I graduated from Exeter University in July and moved to London shortly afterwards. I’ve quickly learned that it’s no joke when people talk about how expensive the city is! As a bit of a spendaholic, I’ve really had to get my act together…

Fortunately, I’ve learned a lot of money-saving tricks and tips over the past couple of months - and I’m excited to share them with you in this brand new guide. I’ve laid out some simple but effective changes you can make in your day-to-day life - from tracking your spending to hacking your food shop - to help you save money without having to try too hard.

You’ll also find our usual roundup of the week’s biggest global headlines, our quiz and some culture recs from the team to see you through the weekend.

Happy Friday!

Maggie x

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POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS

📰 The Israel-Hamas conflict continued into a third week. A meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday was “overshadowed” by the war, with politicians failing to reach a common position and project a united front. The Guardian has this summary of what we know on day 21 of the conflict.

🇺🇸 Former president Donald Trump was fined $10,000 by a judge in New York after appearing to reference a court clerk - a violation of a gag order. He later stormed out of the courtroom during his civil fraud trial.

🇩🇪 German federal prosecutors were presented with dossiers of evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, filed by the Clooney Foundation for Justice. The CFJ is representing 16 survivors and the families of victims in three separate war crimes cases.

CULTURE

🎶 The Beatles’ surviving members announced the release of the group’s “final song”. Now and Then, which is based on a 1970s demo recording, will premiere on 2 November.

🎨 A world-first museum dedicated to art which has been censored opened in Barcelona this week. Works by Pablo Picasso and Ai Weiwei are among those on display at the Museu de l’Art Prohibit (Museum of Forbidden Art).

🎥 Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said that he has executive produced a documentary about his stunt double, who was paralysed during The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 filming. David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived will debut in November.

WORK & INNOVATION

🤔 Tinder has introduced a new tool called Matchmaker to allow users to show possible matches to friends and family to get their opinions.

🧊 A vast hidden landscape of hills and valleys has been discovered under the East Antarctic ice sheet. An area the size of Belgium had been “frozen in time” for more than 30 million years, researchers said.

🇮🇸 Tens of thousands of women across Iceland stopped both paid and unpaid work on Tuesday to protest against unequal pay and gender-based violence.

UPLIFTING STUFF

🇮🇹 Milan, one of Europe’s most polluted cities, proposed banning cars from its centre. “It’s a small thing, but at the same time it’s a historic thing,” said the city’s mayor.

🔬 A “remarkable” breakthrough in cervical cancer treatment could cut the risk of women dying or the cancer from returning by 35%, scientists announced this week.

🇷🇴 Romania announced plans to create Europe’s largest forested national park. The project will also boost ecotourism in the area, in turn supporting local communities.

📰 Read: Black History Month might be drawing to a close, but it’s vital to keep learning, celebrating and supporting the contributions and struggles of the black community beyond October. Esquire has a list of 20 of the most essential books on black history, featuring classic must-reads, plus works by contemporary and emerging writers.

🎧 Listen to: Running out of good podcasts? Find your next fave with Vulture’s bumper list of the best podcasts of 2023 (so far). We especially recommend The Retrievals, which is a difficult but important listen about the dismissal of women’s pain.

📺 Watch: Killers of the Flower Moon (out in cinemas now), The Enfield Poltergeist (Apple TV+), Life on Our Planet (Netflix), Derry Girls (all seasons now available on Netflix).

🎞️ Also watch: Fingernails, Apple Original Films’ new romance starring Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed. We’re running some free, exclusive screenings for our readers in Kent, Stockport, Dudley and Bristol on 30 October - get your tickets here!

⏰ PSA: The clocks are going back this Sunday, which means an extra hour in bed (good) and an extra hour of daylight in the morning (also good). However, it also means that sunset is now an hour earlier. If, like us, this is something you struggle with, check out this practical guide to getting more light in your life.

😴 Check out: On the topic of sleep, we’re loving this super supportive travel pillow, which might look fairly bizarre but is perfectly designed for catching 40 winks on the go.

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