Before Tortoise, Kim was a Google News Initiative Fellow at the Financial Times, and following that was a data journalist with Sifted, the FT’s sister publication about tech.
Kim Darrah
Data Journalist

“Data can be a useful tool to cut through the noise and get to the truth. It’s our job to make that happen.”
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Wednesday 24 February 2021
Tax and Honour
A very British jetsetter
Sir Jim Ratcliffe owns a yacht and private planes. Do their movements provide clues about when the billionaire businessman moved to the tax haven of Monaco?
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Friday 19 February 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Could a wealth tax pay for Covid?
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Tuesday 16 February 2021
WallStreetWins
Who are WallStreetBets?
What can we say about the people posting in the Reddit forum that tied down giants of finance?
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Tuesday 26 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Tesco’s awkward pay gap
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Monday 25 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: Tesco’s awkward pay gap
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Thursday 21 January 2021
The Trump hangover
Could it happen again?
We investigate not just whether Trump might run again – but how. This is what his 2024 campaign might look like
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Friday 15 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: The race is on
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Thursday 14 January 2021
The Vaccine
A user’s guide
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Thursday 7 January 2021
10 minute readSensemaker: DC insurrection
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Thursday 31 December 2020
Trucked off
As new paperwork checks begin on 1 January, truck queues could bring yet more chaos to Kent’s roads. Our tool lets you watch traffic build up at the border, as it happens.
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Friday 18 December 2020
Is the UK losing its edge on AI?
The country comes third in Tortoise’s AI Index, which seems impressive until you start looking closer…
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Thursday 3 December 2020
Who is leading the world in AI?
The UK slips back and China gains ground on the USA
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Tuesday 1 December 2020
Inside the NHS: part two
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Tuesday 24 November 2020
Quarantines and travel corridors: a wasted summer?
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Thursday 29 October 2020
10 minute readSensemaker, 29 October 2020
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