The Knowledge (read the ‘best news’). That it’s, you’re done!
The Knowledge is a really good idea, and nicely done too. If you prefer to know what’s going on in the world (but can’t cope with the non-stop traumatic rolling news), this site has skilled journalists (and good editors) who pick the best bits of the news, so you can read them. Then that’s it – you’re done!
It’s actually a great idea. You don’t have to buy a physical newspaper or subscribe to an expensive Paywall to read biased interviews with politicians you don’t care for. And you get to know what’s happening (without bias, they simply report what other journalists of different beliefs have written) without having a mental health breakdown or feeling overwhelm.
We had a look and found some pretty interesting stories:
- Zia Yusuf and Robert Jenrick clash on Reform UK policy
- The Donkey Sanctuary receives more public donations each year than all the main political parties combined (a nice surprise!)
- Some Green councillors are very understanding of the Piddington residents in Oxfordshire, acknowledging that mainstream politicians need to be more empathic to genuine concerns.
How does The Knowledge work?
You sign up to join over 160,000 other readers by email. Each day, they scour hundreds of newspapers, websites and social media outlets, then pick out the best bits to send in an email that takes you five minutes to read. Or you can just read the latest news online, it’s up to you.
There’s a free trial if you decide to subscribe.
There’s something of a nice humour here too, very subtle but underlying! Although The Guardian is likely the only paper left without paywalls, it does have constant annoying pop-ups (and not everyone shares its politics). This is more neutral.
There’s a 2 month free trial. Then after that it’s £8 a month (or £80 for an annual subscription – new subscribers get a 50% discount for the first year). That’s way less than the online subscriptions to the major newspapers (owned by corporate billionaires and very often very biased).
Some recent stories:
16 Cornish voluneers have collected 1.3 tons of plastic and fishing gear from the remote shores of the Isles of Scilly, where debris often washes up from the North Atlantic.
Nearly half of all office workers are now taking packed lunches to work, due to huge prices at high street shops (even low-budget Greggs is expensive in comparison and not healthy).
Who founded The Knowledge?
The founder of weekly newspaper The Week. Again, this print and online paper is again for people who wish to remain informed but not spend a fortune on newspapers that only give a little bit of news.
And fill the rest of the pages with ads, racing results, sports results etc (there’s also a US edition). Again you can try 6 weeks free before subscribing.
