The Know Daily - Friday 5 January 2023

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Hello, readers - a very happy new year from all of us at The Know!

I hope you all had wonderfully restorative breaks, where you prioritised doing things which brought you joy. I spent lots of time with friends and family, ate some delicious food and binged The Crown S6 in the quieter moments, too!

I’m so excited to be bringing you our very first newsletter of 2024 (!!), which contains a roundup of the week’s news, culture recs and some exciting things to look forward to this year. 

You’ll also find our guide to starting the year off strong, which features tips from our friends over at Wild Nutrition. It’s all about enriching your day-to-day life, rather than limiting it (we’re leaving over-ambitious new year’s resolutions in 2023!) and we hope you find it an energising read.

Have a wonderful weekend, 

Kate x 
Editor-in-Chief

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POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS

📝 Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton were among those named in US court papers detailing the connections of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The documents so far unveil no major new allegations about Epstein nor revelations about his associates,” said the BBC.

🇯🇵 A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings for the country’s west coast and neighbouring South Korea.

🇺🇸 A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places went into effect on Monday, “even as a court case continues to challenge the law”. 

CULTURE

🎬 Copyright on the 1928 version of Mickey Mouse ended on Monday. Indie producers are “wasting no time in capitalising on it”, said Variety, with a horror-comedy adaptation of Steamboat Willie already in the works.

🥂 44% of young Brits said they “occasionally or regularly” order low or non-alcoholic drinks in a new YouGov survey which also found that 18 to 24-year-olds are the most sober age group overall.

🎵 Elvis Presley is “set to be brought back to life virtually” as part of a new immersive concert experience called Elvis Evolution, which will land in London later this year.

WORK & INNOVATION

🍫 Chocolate maker Hershey is being sued for selling Halloween-themed Reese’s Peanut Butter cups without “cute” pumpkin faces, as pictured on the product’s packaging.  

📸 Camera companies - including Nikon, Sony and Canon - have reportedly adopted technology to embed digital signatures in photos, in a bid to tackle “increasingly sophisticated” AI-generated images. 

💰 Top British bosses made more money by Thursday lunchtime than a typical UK worker will take home all year, according to a thinktank campaigning for fairer pay.

THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2024

🏟️ Paris is hosting the Summer Olympics for the third time. More than 300 events are taking place across 48 disciplines, including breaking (or breakdancing).

🎤 Girls Aloud will embark upon a 15-date arena tour across the UK and Ireland this summer, Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour will land in Europe in May and The Rolling Stones will return to North America in the spring.

🎭 Mean Girls is set to return to our screens as a musical, adapted from the 2018 Broadway musical based on the original 2004 film.

Click here for more 2024 highlights.

📰 Read: How we became obsessed with the love stories of strangers, in which The Independent’s Olivia Petter explains how the Meet Cutes NYC Instagram page became “the loveliest, most hopeful corner of the internet”. More of this in 2024, please!

📺 Watch: The Boy and the Heron and Priscilla (both out in cinemas now), Fool Me Once (Netflix), The Changemakers (Paramount+), Gyeongseong Creature (Netflix).

🎧 Listen to: Courtroom Drama, a very entertaining podcast that dives deep into celebrity legal cases. With episodes on Wagatha Christie and Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski-crash trial, it’s the perfect mix of law and pop culture. 

👩‍🍳 Do: Try out a new activity to lessen that post-festivities emptiness (iykyk!). We love the look of this foodie workshop - or maybe crafts are more your thing?

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