Kate Allen
@kateallen.ft.com
Weekend news editor, the Financial Times. I did write the headline.
Enjoying these two sharply differing comments sitting next to each other under @stephenkb.bsky.social ‘s weekend books essay on James the VI and I
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August 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Enjoying these two sharply differing comments sitting next to each other under @stephenkb.bsky.social ‘s weekend books essay on James the VI and I
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Tonight’s front: Europe wants to be in the room where it happens, in Alaska on Friday … a legal wrangle over Russia oil sanctions … and - nice problem to have? Spain has a solar energy glut.
August 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Tonight’s front: Europe wants to be in the room where it happens, in Alaska on Friday … a legal wrangle over Russia oil sanctions … and - nice problem to have? Spain has a solar energy glut.
Tonight’s @financialtimes.com front: poorest hit by wage slowdown but Trump’s team continue to attack economic data …
Plus, Switzerland’s 39% tariff is the country’s worst defeat since 1515, apparently. They are not happy.
and OPEC has given up on its attempt to boost oil prices with output cuts.
Plus, Switzerland’s 39% tariff is the country’s worst defeat since 1515, apparently. They are not happy.
and OPEC has given up on its attempt to boost oil prices with output cuts.
August 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tonight’s @financialtimes.com front: poorest hit by wage slowdown but Trump’s team continue to attack economic data …
Plus, Switzerland’s 39% tariff is the country’s worst defeat since 1515, apparently. They are not happy.
and OPEC has given up on its attempt to boost oil prices with output cuts.
Plus, Switzerland’s 39% tariff is the country’s worst defeat since 1515, apparently. They are not happy.
and OPEC has given up on its attempt to boost oil prices with output cuts.
Tonight’s front - an EU/US trade deal, and Brits turn to VPNs to dodge new internet controls designed to protect children
July 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Tonight’s front - an EU/US trade deal, and Brits turn to VPNs to dodge new internet controls designed to protect children
The @financialtimes.com front page tonight.
July 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The @financialtimes.com front page tonight.
The @financialtimes.com fronts tonight - getting hot … in various ways
June 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The @financialtimes.com fronts tonight - getting hot … in various ways
Spot on. The rising tide of conspiracy-theory-brain thinking … what does it mean for democracy when nobody has any idea what content everyone else is consuming?
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June 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Spot on. The rising tide of conspiracy-theory-brain thinking … what does it mean for democracy when nobody has any idea what content everyone else is consuming?
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Our front tonight: Romania is at a crossroads; Spacs are back! … and it’s the gaming that’s going to save you.
May 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Our front tonight: Romania is at a crossroads; Spacs are back! … and it’s the gaming that’s going to save you.
Tonight’s front: the Buffett era is coming to a close; Chinese exporters are doing exactly what you’d expect them to do; and an exciting new opportunity for the Maldives
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May 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Tonight’s front: the Buffett era is coming to a close; Chinese exporters are doing exactly what you’d expect them to do; and an exciting new opportunity for the Maldives
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#tomorrowspaperstoday
Tonight’s front: exit polls suggest Merz will be Germany’s new chancellor; Zelenskyy faces a difficult moment as Ukraine marks the third anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion; and crypto is coming for your sports team …
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February 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Tonight’s front: exit polls suggest Merz will be Germany’s new chancellor; Zelenskyy faces a difficult moment as Ukraine marks the third anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion; and crypto is coming for your sports team …
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Tonight’s front: it’s going to be a historic week for Europe … (also, goldbugs are happy)
February 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Tonight’s front: it’s going to be a historic week for Europe … (also, goldbugs are happy)
Tonight’s print front: Beijing’s US embassy has confirmed to the FT that its retaliatory tariffs on the US have come into force, in what threatens to be the start of a new trade war.
February 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Tonight’s print front: Beijing’s US embassy has confirmed to the FT that its retaliatory tariffs on the US have come into force, in what threatens to be the start of a new trade war.
Tonight’s front: no prizes for guessing our splash - Trump’s trade war. We also have Europe’s efforts to find a workaround on defence for its more recalcitrant member states. Plus - why are your vet bills soaring?
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February 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tonight’s front: no prizes for guessing our splash - Trump’s trade war. We also have Europe’s efforts to find a workaround on defence for its more recalcitrant member states. Plus - why are your vet bills soaring?
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Tonight’s front: outrage over Trump’s Gaza remarks; Brussels under pressure to retrench on sustainability; and more subsea cable shenanigans.
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January 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tonight’s front: outrage over Trump’s Gaza remarks; Brussels under pressure to retrench on sustainability; and more subsea cable shenanigans.
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Remarkable scenes at the handover to the Red Cross.
January 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Remarkable scenes at the handover to the Red Cross.
Tonight’s front: advertisers’ jitters over Zuckerberg cosying up to Trump; the view from Nuuk … and beauty jabs are coining it thanks to boomers and Ozempic
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January 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tonight’s front: advertisers’ jitters over Zuckerberg cosying up to Trump; the view from Nuuk … and beauty jabs are coining it thanks to boomers and Ozempic
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Financial Times: Broadway is a financial flop compared to London’s glorious West End …
New York Times: yeah well your crappy London productions don’t appeal to American audiences anyway
#theatre #catty #luvviesatwar
New York Times: yeah well your crappy London productions don’t appeal to American audiences anyway
#theatre #catty #luvviesatwar
January 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Financial Times: Broadway is a financial flop compared to London’s glorious West End …
New York Times: yeah well your crappy London productions don’t appeal to American audiences anyway
#theatre #catty #luvviesatwar
New York Times: yeah well your crappy London productions don’t appeal to American audiences anyway
#theatre #catty #luvviesatwar
Tonight’s front … hopes of an IPO surge, New York’s congestion charge - and Musk dumps Farage
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January 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Tonight’s front … hopes of an IPO surge, New York’s congestion charge - and Musk dumps Farage
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Tonight’s front: growing signs that the US consumer - the most important driver of the world’s economic motor - is flagging …
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#tomorrowspaperstoday
December 29, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Tonight’s front: growing signs that the US consumer - the most important driver of the world’s economic motor - is flagging …
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#tomorrowspaperstoday
Tonight’s front - new Reform party treasurer Nick Candy vows to bring more billionaires’ money into British politics
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December 22, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Tonight’s front - new Reform party treasurer Nick Candy vows to bring more billionaires’ money into British politics
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Tonight’s front. #tomorrowspaperstoday
December 15, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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December 8, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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Every financial reporter has experienced this frustration …
(From ‘Duveen: The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time’ by SN Behrman)
(From ‘Duveen: The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time’ by SN Behrman)
December 6, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Every financial reporter has experienced this frustration …
(From ‘Duveen: The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time’ by SN Behrman)
(From ‘Duveen: The Story of the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time’ by SN Behrman)