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Kitty Drake

Writer at Freelance

Researcher, Guardian Saturday at The Guardian

Writer @guardian, @NewStatesman and @FTmag. Researcher @GdnSaturday. Winner of the 2019 AA Gill Award for Emerging Food Critics. RIP @Ladybeardmag.

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  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Zoe Williams |Kitty Drake

    David, 47, Surrey Occupation Pharmaceutical physician Voting record Has always been a Conservative, but has fallen out of love with the party and only votes for them now because the MP is his best friend Amuse bouche Politics is his hobby – he stood for the Conservatives in Scotland, circa 2015, and is a former chair and president of the association Yung Yung, 41, London OccupationAccountant Voting record Last voted Green – but only because she’s in a safe Labour seat Amuse bouche Was a...

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sam Wollaston |Kitty Drake

    Lian, 57, DarlingtonOccupation Former professor of chemistry, now head of growth for a green startupVoting record Labour party member. Before that had voted Green in some local elections. Describes himself as centre leftAmuse bouche A former PhD student of Lian’s is now his boss. “I only went to work for her for five weeks.

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Kitty Drake

    The first time Gordon and I kissed I thought we’d made a terrible mistake. It was 1995, we were both 20 years old, and we were drinking at our university bar in Leicester. We had formed a friendship over the previous three years, but I had never considered Gordon in a romantic light. He was a goth at the time, which I thought was very cool, and he had this fruity, posh voice – whereas I was a timid girl from south London with a terrible perm.

  • 1 month ago | theguardian.com | Sam Wollaston |Kitty Drake

    Michael, 43, Isle of ManOccupation Communications directorVoting record Michael, originally from Australia, voted mainly for the centre-right Liberal party there.

  • 1 month ago | theguardian.com | Kitty Drake

    I didn’t know anything about the plot of Groundhog Day before I decided to watch it 10 years ago. I remember collapsing on to the sofa after work – completely exhausted – and putting it on. My girlfriend was already asleep in the next room. Her drinking had been getting steadily worse that year, but I think we were both in denial about it. Most evenings I’d spend alone, so I’d put a movie on in the background for company.

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Kitty Drake @kitty__drake
25 Apr 25

I reviewed Tiffany Watt Smith's excellent new history of female friendship for the Guardian. https://t.co/QXRz30bE1T

Kitty Drake
Kitty Drake @kitty__drake
10 Mar 25

I reviewed Shon Faye's new book for the Guardian. A treat! https://t.co/CqIlARg8bQ

Kitty Drake
Kitty Drake @kitty__drake
10 Oct 24

I interviewed a gay Nigerian couple recently who can't live together because their relationship is criminalised. They're crowd-funding to leave the country - please help if you can! https://t.co/Ko46lFtHzG