Kate Allen
@kateallen.ft.com
Weekend News Editor, the Financial Times. I did write the headline.
Churchill, 1938 (yes I have nicked it from Wikipedia) …
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Churchill, 1938 (yes I have nicked it from Wikipedia) …
Fourth weekend in a row for the (small but perfectly formed) @financialtimes.com weekend newsdesk crew. Guess how we feel …
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Fourth weekend in a row for the (small but perfectly formed) @financialtimes.com weekend newsdesk crew. Guess how we feel …
Would you like a job as a subeditor?
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Would you like a job as a subeditor?
Who is playing Starmer?
January 25, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Who is playing Starmer?
You can tell that none of them watched Mark Carney’s Davos speech …
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 PM
You can tell that none of them watched Mark Carney’s Davos speech …
V welcome, always happy to bore on about books!
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
V welcome, always happy to bore on about books!
I’m no academic, just a general reader (with a 20+ yr fascination with Weimar Germany since I volunteered to do historical research at a former concentration camp site as a student) but I don’t see why it wouldn’t be. Ian Kershaw is marvellous though, if you would like something a little newer.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I’m no academic, just a general reader (with a 20+ yr fascination with Weimar Germany since I volunteered to do historical research at a former concentration camp site as a student) but I don’t see why it wouldn’t be. Ian Kershaw is marvellous though, if you would like something a little newer.
Failure of regulation.
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Failure of regulation.
I can’t believe it’s not Andy Burnham
January 23, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I can’t believe it’s not Andy Burnham
> and yet overwhelmingly dominant news cycles. I have been saying for some time now that news orgs need to have a serious discussion about doing things very differently. No sign of that yet. Time is ticking. Not sure how long we can go on like this tbh.
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
> and yet overwhelmingly dominant news cycles. I have been saying for some time now that news orgs need to have a serious discussion about doing things very differently. No sign of that yet. Time is ticking. Not sure how long we can go on like this tbh.
Speaking as a practitioner of Making The News, I think this is probably the closest to an explanation that I’ve seen. There’s too much intentionality ascribed to it by most people; it’s far more to do with ‘this is how we’ve always done it’. Tr*mp is a master at generating completely nutrition-free>
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Speaking as a practitioner of Making The News, I think this is probably the closest to an explanation that I’ve seen. There’s too much intentionality ascribed to it by most people; it’s far more to do with ‘this is how we’ve always done it’. Tr*mp is a master at generating completely nutrition-free>
And, finally, if that all makes you feel a bit too much, then why not help drinks makers to clear up their unsold spirits lake. Good night to all!
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Drinks makers left with lake of unsold spirits as demand drops
Alcohol producers halt production and cut prices to shift bottles piling up in warehouses
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January 18, 2026 at 8:49 PM
And, finally, if that all makes you feel a bit too much, then why not help drinks makers to clear up their unsold spirits lake. Good night to all!
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Blackrock says volatility is pushing clients into private markets (hey, if you don’t have to mark to market then you can value it however you like!) …
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BlackRock says ‘new regime’ of volatility is pushing clients to private markets
World’s biggest fund manager says Europe, Middle East and Africa is rapidly shifting into private assets
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January 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Blackrock says volatility is pushing clients into private markets (hey, if you don’t have to mark to market then you can value it however you like!) …
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Latvia’s central bank governor says Europe is already at war with Russia …
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Europe already ‘at war’ with Russia, says central banker
Latvijas Banka governor and ECB policymaker urges policymakers to prepare financial system for direct military attack
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January 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Latvia’s central bank governor says Europe is already at war with Russia …
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