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Kate Allen

@kateallen.ft.com

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Weekend News Editor, the Financial Times @financialtimes.com. I did write the headline.

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@sarahobolt.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:17 AMReposted by @kateallen.ft.com

Super excited to see this article in print in the APSR:

šŸ“š ā€œPublic Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right: Evidence from England’s National Health Serviceā€

- with the brilliant @zachdickson.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @simonecremaschi.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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@kateallen.ft.comOct 10, 2026, 8:21 PM

Literally came on here to say this

@kateallen.ft.comOct 10, 2026, 6:56 PM

Did you see her in Romeo & Juliet onstage earlier this year? Rave reviews, the hit of the West End’s spring/summer season (in addition to 1536).

@astrokatie.comOct 9, 2026, 5:23 PMReposted by @kateallen.ft.com

New reply for next time someone asks me if I have a partner

AKevin šŸ‘½@astro-kevin.comOct 9, 2026, 5:21 PM

"completely independent celestial objects that will fade into eternity alone" poor lil guys

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@katie0martin.ft.comOct 7, 2026, 4:42 PMReposted by @kateallen.ft.com

"The movie is Jaws if the shark just ate everyone, and then swam on."

as.ft.com/r/fa6c71af-b...

@kateallen.ft.comOct 7, 2026, 1:36 PM

My solution has been pretty effective.
Would recommend.

bsky.app/profile/kate...

@kateallen.ft.comOct 5, 2026, 2:52 PM

Maybe we need to explain to the techies that we don’t just do the same crossword every weekend?

@kateallen.ft.comOct 5, 2026, 2:30 PM

The good news is that more crosswords have appeared. The bad news …

Screenshot of the FT app showing several duplicate entries for the same Saturday weekend crossword.
@greenmirandahere.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 3:27 PMReposted by @kateallen.ft.com

I'm sorry but our Bayeux Travesty was better so there and we had Healey's Comet and everything #SketchyPoliticsRuleth @financialtimes.com

@kateallen.ft.comOct 4, 2026, 8:51 AM

I would have chosen another woman - maybe Julie or Hannah, though Hannah is a massive asset for the faithful. Then let them pick, on the assumption they would choose a chap as the 3rd. Surely everyone who knows anything about REG knows that he’s a total wild card at the best of times. Not ideal.

@kateallen.ft.comOct 4, 2026, 7:57 AM

Choosing REG is also stupid because it’s too reminiscent of last year’s Big Dog theory. When you realise Ross Kemp can’t be a traitor because he’s already so paranoid that he’s practically hallucinating then it follows that REG *must* be a traitor (going by Big Dog theory). Unimaginative.

@kateallen.ft.comOct 4, 2026, 7:55 AM

IMO the fundamental error was the producers’ choice of REG as a traitor. The traitors have been on the back foot trying to protect him from his own stupidity (admittedly that itself is an error, they should accept the inevitable and chuck him overboard).

@kateallen.ft.comOct 3, 2026, 3:22 PM

When his age came up on screen as 43, I’m afraid I shouted out loud I’M SORRY WHAT???? How the fuck is he only 43?! This cannot possibly be true.

@kateallen.ft.comOct 1, 2026, 10:28 PM

I loved the Greek Chorus guy’s monologues so much - so lyrical and yet so rooted in her local environs. And yes, absolutely nail on head when it comes to male violence. I’d pay to see someone read a shopping list she wrote, tbh.

@kateallen.ft.comSep 27, 2026, 6:25 PM

As night falls on both sides camped out at the Garvaghy Road, Northern Ireland faces a critical moment.

www.ft.com/content/c995...

@pickardje.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 4:44 PMReposted by @kateallen.ft.com

Burnham has just confirmed our scoop

@pickardje.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 2:50 PMReposted by @kateallen.ft.com

FT exclusive:

Andy Burnham has decided to press ahead with a revived Help to Buy scheme (although it won't be called that)

www.ft.com/content/e23b...

@kateallen.ft.comSep 26, 2026, 7:32 AM

(90% of my job is saying ā€˜is there a Spark Planning entry for that?’ and ā€˜please always cc Saturday’)

@kateallen.ft.comSep 26, 2026, 7:31 AM

Oh dear, I’m sorry my reign of terror has such a psychological effect. If it’s any consolation I have a recurring anxiety dream that involves creating Spark Planning entries šŸ˜‚

@kateallen.ft.comSep 24, 2026, 10:45 PM

The rest of my family would say law is a great choice!

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